diff --git a/src/util/Makefile.am b/src/util/Makefile.am
index 7e286c02af21d3b8c889a7b8c478099e2f999309..ce5c38edac54c4dafb6e372fa5180ba4deecd2be 100644
--- a/src/util/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/util/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src/include -Iinclude
-AM_CFLAGS = $(server_CFLAGS)
+AM_CFLAGS = $(server_CFLAGS) -fPIC
 
 noinst_LIBRARIES = libutil.a