diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3226f2e..8bc5074 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ HOMEPAGE_URL https://www.p4est.org/
 DESCRIPTION "p4est manages a collection---a forest---of octrees in parallel."
 VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 include(CTest)
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules)
@@ -76,8 +78,8 @@ install(DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/ ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include/
 
 install(TARGETS p4est
   EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION lib)
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${library_reldir}
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${library_reldir})
 
 #--- p8est