diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7b395a8..171aac1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -251,8 +251,11 @@ if (XEUS_NELSON_BUILD_STATIC)
     else ()
         xnelson_create_target(xeus-nelson-static STATIC xeus-nelson)
     endif ()
+    if (XEUS_NELSON_EMSCRIPTEN_WASM_BUILD)
+        target_compile_options(xeus-nelson-static PRIVATE -fPIC)
+    endif ()
     list(APPEND XEUS_NELSON_TARGETS xeus-nelson-static)
-    
+
 endif ()
 
 # xnelson
@@ -273,6 +276,7 @@ if (XEUS_NELSON_EMSCRIPTEN_WASM_BUILD)
     add_executable(xnelson_wasm src/main_emscripten_kernel.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(xnelson_wasm PRIVATE xeus-lite)
     target_compile_features(xnelson_wasm PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
+    target_compile_options(xnelson_wasm PRIVATE -fPIC)
     xnelson_set_kernel_options(xnelson_wasm)
     xeus_wasm_compile_options(xnelson_wasm)
     xeus_wasm_link_options(xnelson_wasm "web,worker")