diff --git a/SETUP b/SETUP
index cccd235..a7bbfff 100755
--- a/SETUP
+++ b/SETUP
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fi
 # $2 zlib, $3 hdf5
 cd $(dirname $0)
 libname=$(basename $(pwd))
-CPPFLAGS="-I$3/include -I$2/include" LDFLAGS="-L$3/lib -L$2/lib" ./configure --prefix="$1" --disable-libxml2 --disable-dap --disable-byterange
+CPPFLAGS="-fPIC -I$3/include -I$2/include" LDFLAGS="-L$3/lib -L$2/lib" ./configure --prefix="$1" --disable-libxml2 --disable-dap --disable-byterange
 make all -j8
 # make check
 make install