diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid.bb
index 2a8aa07..24c4045 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid.bb
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 inherit obmc-phosphor-sdbus-service
 inherit obmc-phosphor-c-daemon
 
+TARGET_CFLAGS   += "-fpic"
+
+
 SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-host-ipmid"
 
 SRCREV = "e90d8bf6a342649dba2fd1589a3cddb3cd051bb1"