diff --git a/CMAKE_INSTRUCTIONS.md b/CMAKE_INSTRUCTIONS.md
index aab471b5db..ff845be9dd 100644
--- a/CMAKE_INSTRUCTIONS.md
+++ b/CMAKE_INSTRUCTIONS.md
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ By default, FMS is built without `OpenMP` and in `single precision (r4)`
 
 The following build options are available:
 ```
--DOPENMP   "Build FMS with OpenMP support" DEFAULT: OFF
--D32BIT    "Build 32-bit (r4) FMS library" DEFAULT: ON
--D64BIT    "Build 64-bit (r8) FMS library" DEFAULT: OFF
+-DOPENMP   "Build FMS with OpenMP support"        DEFAULT: OFF
+-D32BIT    "Build 32-bit (r4) FMS library"        DEFAULT: ON
+-D64BIT    "Build 64-bit (r8) FMS library"        DEFAULT: OFF
+-DFPIC     "Build with position independent code" DEFAULT: OFF
 
 -DINTERNAL_FILE_NML     "Enable compiler definition -DINTERNAL_FILE_NML"     DEFAULT: ON
 -DENABLE_QUAD_PRECISION "Enable compiler definition -DENABLE_QUAD_PRECISION" DEFAULT: ON
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 524307c7dc..b1d38ada35 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ endif()
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 
 # Build options
-option(OPENMP    "Build FMS with OpenMP support" OFF)
-option(32BIT     "Build 32-bit (r4) FMS library"  ON)
-option(64BIT     "Build 64-bit (r8) FMS library" OFF)
+option(OPENMP "Build FMS with OpenMP support"        OFF)
+option(32BIT  "Build 32-bit (r4) FMS library"         ON)
+option(64BIT  "Build 64-bit (r8) FMS library"        OFF)
+option(FPIC   "Build with position independent code" OFF)
 
 # Options for compiler definitions
 option(INTERNAL_FILE_NML     "Enable compiler definition -DINTERNAL_FILE_NML"      ON)
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ if (WITH_YAML)
   include_directories(${LIBYAML_INCLUDE_DIR})
 endif ()
 
+# Enables position independent code (i.e., -fPIC)
+if (FPIC)
+  set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+endif ()
+
 # Collect FMS Fortran source files
 list(APPEND fms_fortran_src_files
   affinity/fms_affinity.F90