diff --git a/app/server/ruby/bin/compile-extensions.rb b/app/server/ruby/bin/compile-extensions.rb
index 7e4f92925..47d15738f 100755
--- a/app/server/ruby/bin/compile-extensions.rb
+++ b/app/server/ruby/bin/compile-extensions.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ native_ext_dirs.each do |ext_dir|
   Dir.chdir(ext_dir) do
     `"#{RbConfig.ruby}" extconf.rb`
     `make clean`
-    `make`
+    `export CFLAGS="-fPIC" && make`
   end
 
   libs = []