diff --git a/pyfastogt/build_utils.py b/pyfastogt/build_utils.py
index 6db2f9f..32a4d8f 100644
--- a/pyfastogt/build_utils.py
+++ b/pyfastogt/build_utils.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class BuildRequest(object):
                                         ['-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF', '-DSNAPPY_BUILD_TESTS=OFF'])
 
     def build_jsonc(self):
-        self._clone_and_build_via_cmake(generate_fastogt_github_path('json-c'), ['-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF'])
+        self._clone_and_build_via_cmake(generate_fastogt_github_path('json-c'), ['-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF', '-DDISABLE_STATIC_FPIC=OFF'])
 
     def build_libev(self):
         libev_compiler_flags = ['--with-pic', '--disable-shared', '--enable-static']