diff --git a/externals/mcl/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/mcl/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b0cfa29..c9d526e5 100644
--- a/externals/mcl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/mcl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
-project(mcl LANGUAGES CXX VERSION 0.1.5)
+project(mcl LANGUAGES CXX VERSION 0.1.6)
 
 # Project options
 option(MCL_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS "Warnings as errors" ON)
diff --git a/externals/mcl/src/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/mcl/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a25392b3..92d2d8e0 100644
--- a/externals/mcl/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/mcl/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ target_include_directories(mcl
 )
 target_compile_options(mcl PRIVATE ${MCL_CXX_FLAGS})
 target_link_libraries(mcl PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:fmt::fmt>)
+set_property(TARGET mcl PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 add_library(merry::mcl ALIAS mcl)
 
 include(CreateTargetDirectoryGroups)