diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c8a86c29484f69d5a81f3d3f289c720ccf08e44c..7ca566b3e5fa53f39d0dbcc11868a1e32e44c700 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
 set(CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE   ON)
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
 #set(SUBMODULES_NO_BUILD ON)
+add_definitions("-fpic")
 
 if(NOT (${SUBMODULES_NO_BUILD} MATCHES ON))
     if (NOT (TARGET dap_core))
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 3.7)
 find_package (PythonLibs REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR} include/)
 
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${CRYPTO_PYTHON_SRCS} ${CRYPTO_PYTHON_HEADERS})
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC ${CRYPTO_PYTHON_SRCS} ${CRYPTO_PYTHON_HEADERS})
 
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME})