diff --git a/src/net/Makefile.am b/src/net/Makefile.am
index 5a33b7eb6ce3e72b48b6505a890f4a15a25a67ca..f4fdf08b4e0c0f754b672cef39583131b243fd66 100644
--- a/src/net/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/net/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src/include -Iinclude
 AM_CFLAGS := $(GMODULE_CFLAGS)
 AM_CFLAGS += $(GTHREAD_CFLAGS)
 AM_CFLAGS += $(GLIB_CFLAGS)
+AM_CFLAGS += -fPIC
 
 noinst_LIBRARIES = libproto.a