diff --git a/distutils.ext/obidistutils/core.py b/distutils.ext/obidistutils/core.py
index 2e1765b..ea1c08c 100644
--- a/distutils.ext/obidistutils/core.py
+++ b/distutils.ext/obidistutils/core.py
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ def findCython(root,base=None,pyrexs=None):
                 pyrexs[-1].extra_compile_args.extend(['-msse2',
                                                       '-Wno-unused-function',
                                                       '-Wmissing-braces',
-                                                      '-Wchar-subscripts'
+                                                      '-Wchar-subscripts',
+                                                      '-fPIC'
                                                       ])
                                 
             except IOError:
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ def setup(**attrs):
     
     log.set_threshold(log.INFO)
     
-    minversion      = attrs.get("pythonmin",'3.4')
+    minversion      = attrs.get("pythonmin",'3.7')
     maxversion      = attrs.get('pythonmax',None)    
     fork            = attrs.get('fork',False)
     requirementfile = attrs.get('requirements','requirements.txt')