diff --git a/lib/libspl/asm-generic/Makefile.am b/lib/libspl/asm-generic/Makefile.am
index f302dc8369..4f5032f739 100644
--- a/lib/libspl/asm-generic/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/libspl/asm-generic/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ atomic_SOURCE = atomic.c
 atomic_ASM = atomic.S
 
 COMPILE = $(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) \
-	  $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+	  $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC
 EXTRA_DIST = ${atomic_SOURCE}
 
 # Generates assembly to simplify inclusion in ../Makefile.am