diff --git a/tools/ui/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/ui/CMakeLists.txt
index d4cf358023..60d9020da3 100644
--- a/tools/ui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/ui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     message(STATUS "UI: building llama-ui-embed with host compiler ${HOST_CXX_COMPILER}")
 
     if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
-        set(LLAMA_UI_EMBED_EXE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/llama-ui-embed.exe")
+        set(LLAMA_UI_EMBED_EXE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/llama-ui-embed-host.exe")
     else()
-        set(LLAMA_UI_EMBED_EXE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/llama-ui-embed")
+        set(LLAMA_UI_EMBED_EXE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/llama-ui-embed-host")
     endif()
 
     add_custom_command(
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
         COMMENT "Building llama-ui-embed (host)"
         VERBATIM
     )
+
+    # phony target to tie it into the dependency graph
     add_custom_target(llama-ui-embed DEPENDS "${LLAMA_UI_EMBED_EXE}")
 else()
     add_executable(llama-ui-embed embed.cpp)
@@ -93,6 +95,10 @@ add_library(${TARGET} STATIC ${UI_CPP} ${UI_H})
 target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 add_dependencies(${TARGET} llama-ui-assets)
 
+if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    set_target_properties(${TARGET} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+endif()
+
 target_include_directories(${TARGET} PUBLIC
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
 )