diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 503adeb3e8..9fec9bc306 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ else()
   file(GLOB MPI_SOURCES ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/STUBS/mpi.c)
   if(BUILD_SHARED_PKG_LIBS)
     add_library(mpi_stubs SHARED ${MPI_SOURCES})
-    set_target_properties(${PKG_LIB} PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${SOVERSION})
+    set_target_properties(mpi_stubs PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${SOVERSION})
     if(INSTALL_LIB)
       install(TARGETS mpi_stubs LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
     endif()
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ if(ENABLE_MSCG OR ENABLE_USER-ATC OR ENABLE_USER-AWPMD OR ENABLE_USER-QUIP)
     else()
       add_library(linalg STATIC ${LAPACK_SOURCES})
     endif()
+    if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+      set_target_properties(linalg PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+    endif()
     include(CheckFortranCompilerFlag)
     check_Fortran_compiler_flag("-fno-second-underscore" FC_HAS_NO_SECOND_UNDERSCORE)
     if(FC_HAS_NO_SECOND_UNDERSCORE)
@@ -309,7 +312,18 @@ if(ENABLE_MSCG)
       WORKING_DIRECTORY ${LAMMPS_LIB_BINARY_DIR}/mscg)
   endif()
   file(GLOB MSCG_SOURCES ${LAMMPS_LIB_MSCG_BIN_DIR}/*.cpp)
-  add_library(mscg ${MSCG_SOURCES})
+  if(BUILD_SHARED_PKG_LIBS)
+    add_library(mscg SHARED ${MSCG_SOURCES})
+    set_target_properties(mscg PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${SOVERSION})
+    if(INSTALL_LIB)
+      install(TARGETS mscg LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+    endif()
+  else()
+    add_library(mscg STATIC ${MSCG_SOURCES})
+  endif()
+  if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    set_target_properties(mscg PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+  endif()
   list(APPEND LAMMPS_LINK_LIBS mscg)
   target_compile_options(mscg PRIVATE -DDIMENSION=3 -D_exclude_gromacs=1)
   target_include_directories(mscg PUBLIC ${LAMMPS_LIB_MSCG_BIN_DIR})
@@ -379,6 +393,9 @@ foreach(SIMPLE_LIB REAX MEAM POEMS USER-ATC USER-AWPMD USER-COLVARS USER-H5MD
     else()
       add_library(${PKG_LIB} STATIC ${${PKG_LIB}_SOURCES})
     endif()
+    if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+      set_target_properties(${PKG_LIB} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+    endif()
     list(APPEND LAMMPS_LINK_LIBS ${PKG_LIB})
     if(PKG_LIB STREQUAL awpmd)
       target_include_directories(awpmd PUBLIC ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/awpmd/systems/interact ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/awpmd/ivutils/include)