diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/CMakeLists.txt b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/CMakeLists.txt
index d81e5d37d7c08..5f97a77327c0f 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "${tmachine}$")
       LIBRARY DESTINATION "${OPENMP_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
     set_target_properties("omptarget.rtl.${tmachine_libname}" PROPERTIES
       INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN" BUILD_RPATH "$ORIGIN:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.."
+      POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
       CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET protected)
 
     target_include_directories( "omptarget.rtl.${tmachine_libname}" PRIVATE
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt b/openmp/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt
index bf6c23bd5eb5f..34a8273cfaf64 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,5 +46,8 @@ endif()
 
 # libomptarget.so needs to be aware of where the plugins live as they
 # are now separated in the build directory.
-set_target_properties(omptarget PROPERTIES INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN" BUILD_RPATH "$ORIGIN:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..")
+set_target_properties(omptarget PROPERTIES
+                      POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+                      INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN"
+                      BUILD_RPATH "$ORIGIN:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..")
 install(TARGETS omptarget LIBRARY COMPONENT omptarget DESTINATION "${OPENMP_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")