diff --git a/src/libprojectM/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libprojectM/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d584f675..9dd11f912 100644
--- a/src/libprojectM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libprojectM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ else(MSVC)
 	SET (MATH_LIBRARIES m)
 endif(MSVC)
 
+# compiling on arm? relocation is gonna fail unless position-independent
+IF( CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "armv7l" )
+  SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fPIC")
+ENDIF( CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "armv7l" )
+
 if(BUILD_PROJECTM_STATIC)
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(projectM Renderer
 				${IMAGE_LINK_TARGETS}