diff --git a/corec/corec/helpers/zlib/CMakeLists.txt b/corec/corec/helpers/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
index 87d0c9a8..8a968777 100644
--- a/corec/corec/helpers/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/corec/corec/helpers/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ option(CONFIG_ZLIB "Enable zlib (de)compression" ON)
 
 if (CONFIG_ZLIB)
     add_library("zlib" STATIC)
+    if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+        set_property(TARGET "zlib" PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+    endif()
     set(zlib_group_PUBLIC_HEADERS
         crc32.h
         inffast.h
diff --git a/libmatroska2/bzip2/CMakeLists.txt b/libmatroska2/bzip2/CMakeLists.txt
index 78c5a13b..28eff175 100644
--- a/libmatroska2/bzip2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libmatroska2/bzip2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # bzlib library API
 
 add_library("bzlib" STATIC)
+if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    set_property(TARGET "bzlib" PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+endif()
 set(BZLIB_GROUP_PUBLIC_HEADERS
     bzlib.h
 )
diff --git a/libmatroska2/minilzo/CMakeLists.txt b/libmatroska2/minilzo/CMakeLists.txt
index 36f32ff1..db4995d2 100644
--- a/libmatroska2/minilzo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libmatroska2/minilzo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # minilzo library API
 
 add_library("minilzo" STATIC)
+if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    set_property(TARGET "minilzo" PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+endif()
 set(MINILZO_GROUP_PUBLIC_HEADERS
     minilzo.h
     lzoconf.h