diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ebf6ef..0a14b19 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ HOMEPAGE_URL https://www.p4est.org/
 DESCRIPTION "The SC library supports parallel scientific applications."
 VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 enable_testing()
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
@@ -63,7 +65,10 @@ 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)