diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b230b9e..24a4b70 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ set(backport-msvc-runtime $<VERSION_LESS:${CMAKE_VERSION},3.15>)
 add_library(yaml-cpp ${yaml-cpp-type} "")
 add_library(yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp ALIAS yaml-cpp)
 
+set_property(TARGET yaml-cpp
+  PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set_property(TARGET yaml-cpp
   PROPERTY
     MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY ${CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY})