diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 78c02bf..d1b2094 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)
@@ -68,8 +70,8 @@ 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}
 RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
 )