I've tried: $ cabal install --only-dependencies -w /usr/local/bin/ghc-7.10.0.20141222 --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks --ghc-option=-fllvm --ghc-option=-static $ cabal configure -w /usr/local/bin/ghc-7.10.0.20141222 --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks --ghc-option=-fllvm --ghc-option=-static $ cabal build Building foo-0.3.0.0... Preprocessing library foo-0.3.0.0... when making flags consistent: Warning: Using native code generator rather than LLVM, as LLVM is incompatible with -fPIC and -dynamic on this platform I don't see anything referencing "PIC" in the output of cabal build -v. I can build a hello world program, just fine with `ghc --make`: $ /usr/local/bin/ghc-7.10.0.20141222 --make -O2 -fllvm Main.hs [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( Main.hs, Main.o ) Linking Main ... Thanks, Brandon