diff --git a/fmt/CMakeLists.txt b/fmt/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e491f93..12df0f34 100644
--- a/fmt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fmt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
+
 # Define the fmt library, its includes and the needed defines.
 # *.cc are added to FMT_HEADERS for the header-only configuration.
 set(FMT_HEADERS format.h format.cc ostream.h ostream.cc printf.h printf.cc
@@ -21,6 +23,11 @@ if (FMT_PEDANTIC)
   target_compile_options(fmt PRIVATE ${PEDANTIC_COMPILE_FLAGS})
 endif ()
 
+check_cxx_compiler_flag(-fPIC FMT_HAS_FPIC_FLAG)
+if (FMT_HAS_FPIC_FLAG)
+    target_compile_options(fmt PRIVATE -fPIC)
+endif()
+
 target_include_directories(fmt PUBLIC
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}>
   $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)