diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 169d4a196f..108833e1d4 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 # CMake definition.
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
     ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
@@ -341,8 +341,18 @@ endif()
 ###############################################################################
 # Define compilation and link flags
 
+option(OCIO_BUILD_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_EXECUTABLES "Set to ON to build executables as PIE" OFF)
+
 include(CompilerFlags)
 
+if(OCIO_BUILD_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_EXECUTABLES)
+    if(NOT CMAKE_C_LINK_PIE_SUPPORTED)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "PIE is not supported at link time.\n")
+    endif()
+    message(STATUS "Enabling PIE generation.\n")
+    set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+endif()
+
 ###############################################################################
 # External linking options
 
diff --git a/docs/quick_start/installation.rst b/docs/quick_start/installation.rst
index a2e74f8175..07b023fe06 100644
--- a/docs/quick_start/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/quick_start/installation.rst
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ items manually:
 Required components:
 
 - C++ 11-17 compiler (gcc, clang, msvc)
-- CMake >= 3.13
+- CMake >= 3.15
 - \*Expat >= 2.4.1 (XML parser for CDL/CLF/CTF)
 - \*yaml-cpp >= 0.7.0 (YAML parser for Configs)
 - \*Imath >= 3.0 (for half domain LUTs)
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ build chains.)
 The CMake output prints information regarding which image library will be used for the
 command-line tools (as well as a lot of other info about the build configuration).
 
+Some OS distributions may require executables to be able to be executed using address space
+layout randomisation (ASLR). To achieve this code generated needs to be position independent.
+To support this please add ``-DOCIO_BUILD_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_EXECUTABLES=ON`` to your CMake
+configuration step.
 
 Documentation
 +++++++++++++
diff --git a/share/cmake/utils/CompilerFlags.cmake b/share/cmake/utils/CompilerFlags.cmake
index b53d6bb35a..9e78112360 100644
--- a/share/cmake/utils/CompilerFlags.cmake
+++ b/share/cmake/utils/CompilerFlags.cmake
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ endif()
 ###############################################################################
 # Compile flags
 
+include(CheckPIESupported)
+check_pie_supported()
+
 if(USE_MSVC)
 
     set(PLATFORM_COMPILE_OPTIONS "${PLATFORM_COMPILE_OPTIONS};/DUSE_MSVC")