diff --git a/src/characters/CMakeLists.txt b/src/characters/CMakeLists.txt
index bc84a8f3..f0e275c0 100644
--- a/src/characters/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/characters/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(
 )
 
 add_library(konsolecharacters OBJECT ${konsolecharacters_SRCS})
+# Needed to link this static lib to shared libs
+set_target_properties(konsolecharacters PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 generate_export_header(konsolecharacters BASE_NAME konsolecharacters)
 target_include_directories(konsolecharacters
     PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}