diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index d2104269c2c..9d94df8474a 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  Copyright (c) 2019-2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+  Copyright (c) 2019-2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@
                                     <arg value="-DGPU_ARCHS=${GPU_ARCHS}"/>
                                     <arg value="-DCUDF_JNI_ARROW_STATIC=${CUDF_JNI_ARROW_STATIC}"/>
                                     <arg value="-DCUDF_JNI_LIBCUDF_STATIC=${CUDF_JNI_LIBCUDF_STATIC}"/>
+                                    <arg value="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"/>
                                 </exec>
                                 <exec dir="${native.build.path}"
                                       failonerror="true"
diff --git a/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt b/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b6c6c00e6e..2372345819a 100755
--- a/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ project(
 # * build options ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 option(USE_NVTX "Build with NVTX support" ON)
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build cuDF JNI shared libraries" ON)
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Configure CMake to build tests" ON)
 option(PER_THREAD_DEFAULT_STREAM "Build with per-thread default stream" OFF)
 option(CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME "Statically link the CUDA runtime" OFF)
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ option(CUDF_JNI_ARROW_STATIC "Statically link Arrow" ON)
 option(CUDF_JNI_LIBCUDF_STATIC "Link with libcudf.a" OFF)
 
 message(VERBOSE "CUDF_JNI: Build with NVTX support: ${USE_NVTX}")
+message(VERBOSE "CUDF_JNI: Build cuDF JNI shared libraries: ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}")
 message(VERBOSE "CUDF_JNI: Configure CMake to build tests: ${BUILD_TESTS}")
 message(VERBOSE "CUDF_JNI: Build with per-thread default stream: ${PER_THREAD_DEFAULT_STREAM}")
 message(VERBOSE "CUDF_JNI: Statically link the CUDA runtime: ${CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME}")
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ endif()
 # * library targets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 add_library(
-  cudfjni SHARED
+  cudfjni
   src/Aggregation128UtilsJni.cpp
   src/AggregationJni.cpp
   src/CudfJni.cpp
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ add_library(
   src/check_nvcomp_output_sizes.cu
 )
 
-if(CUDF_JNI_LIBCUDF_STATIC)
+if(CUDF_JNI_LIBCUDF_STATIC AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   # When linking against libcudf.a, the JNI library will include the old libcudf.so. For
   # backwards-compatibility for software that expects to find libcudf.so in the JVM environment
   # after cudf has loaded, the JNI code and libcudf.a will be combined into libcudf.so. A stub
@@ -254,8 +256,15 @@ target_include_directories(
 # Override RPATH for cudfjni
 set_target_properties(
   cudfjni
-  PROPERTIES BUILD_RPATH "\$ORIGIN" INSTALL_RPATH "\$ORIGIN" # set target compile options
-             CXX_STANDARD 17 CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON CUDA_STANDARD 17 CUDA_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
+  PROPERTIES BUILD_RPATH "\$ORIGIN"
+             INSTALL_RPATH "\$ORIGIN"
+             # set target compile options
+             CXX_STANDARD 17
+             CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
+             CUDA_STANDARD 17
+             CUDA_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
+             POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+             INTERFACE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
 )
 
 target_compile_options(
@@ -269,11 +278,16 @@ target_compile_definitions(
 )
 
 if(USE_GDS)
-  add_library(cufilejni SHARED src/CuFileJni.cpp)
+  add_library(cufilejni src/CuFileJni.cpp)
   set_target_properties(
     cufilejni
-    PROPERTIES BUILD_RPATH "\$ORIGIN" INSTALL_RPATH "\$ORIGIN" # set target compile options
-               CXX_STANDARD 17 CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
+    PROPERTIES BUILD_RPATH "\$ORIGIN"
+               INSTALL_RPATH "\$ORIGIN"
+               # set target compile options
+               CXX_STANDARD 17
+               CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
+               POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+               INTERFACE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
   )
   target_include_directories(
     cufilejni