diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8599616..c283281 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ HOMEPAGE_URL https://www.p4est.org/
 DESCRIPTION "The SC library supports parallel scientific applications."
 VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 include(cmake/config.cmake) # options.cmake before config.cmake to determine user intent
 include(cmake/compilers.cmake) # compilers.cmake must be AFTER find_package() calls in config.cmake in general
@@ -71,7 +73,10 @@ TYPE INCLUDE
 FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h"
 )
 
-install(TARGETS sc EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}-targets)
+install(TARGETS sc EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}-targets
+ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${library_reldir}
+LIBRARY DESTINATION ${library_reldir}
+)
 
 add_subdirectory(src)