diff --git a/weld/llvmext/Makefile b/weld/llvmext/Makefile
index 4a1ada4e9..5f19861fa 100644
--- a/weld/llvmext/Makefile
+++ b/weld/llvmext/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 OS = $(shell uname -s)
 LLVM_VERSION = $(shell llvm-config --version | cut -d . -f 1,2)
 
-CFLAGS = -O3 -fno-use-cxa-atexit
+CFLAGS = -O3 -fno-use-cxa-atexit -fPIE
 CFLAGS += $(shell llvm-config --cppflags) $(shell llvm-config --cxxflags)
 LIBDIR = $(shell llvm-config --libdir)
 LLVMLIBS = $(shell llvm-config --system-libs) $(shell llvm-config --libs)