diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index db0a273f9..eac5799af 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -386,6 +386,9 @@ if (LLAMA_HIPBLAS)
         message(STATUS "HIP and hipBLAS found")
         add_compile_definitions(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS GGML_USE_CUBLAS)
         add_library(ggml-rocm OBJECT ggml-cuda.cu ggml-cuda.h)
+        if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+            set_target_properties(ggml-rocm PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+        endif()
         if (LLAMA_CUDA_FORCE_DMMV)
             target_compile_definitions(ggml-rocm PRIVATE GGML_CUDA_FORCE_DMMV)
         endif()