diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index c5a9ec2a57..45105f9b88 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ build:clang-cl --copt=-Wno-missing-template-arg-list-after-template-kw
 # allow newer protobuf to compile
 common --experimental_google_legacy_api
 
-common --force_pic
+common:linux --force_pic
+common:macos --force_pic
 
 ## This is what my ../top.bazelrc contains (not in the repo as local to my machine)
 # build --disk_cache=f:/b/d