diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 982e261..f3fa48c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ message(STATUS "Configuring WiiUse version ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 
 option(BUILD_EXAMPLE "Should we build the example app?" YES)
 option(BUILD_EXAMPLE_SDL "Should we build the SDL-based example app?" YES)
+option(BUILD_WIIUSE_SHARED_LIB "Should we build as a shared library (dll/so)?" YES)
 option(INSTALL_EXAMPLES "Should we install the example apps?" YES)
 
 option(CPACK_MONOLITHIC_INSTALL "Only produce a single component installer, rather than multi-component." NO)
@@ -31,6 +32,13 @@ include(DoxygenTargets)
 
 add_definitions(-DWIIUSE_COMPILE_LIB)
 
+if(BUILD_WIIUSE_SHARED_LIB)
+	set(WIIUSE_LIB_TYPE SHARED)
+else()
+	set(WIIUSE_LIB_TYPE STATIC)
+	add_definitions(-DWIIUSE_STATIC)
+endif()
+
 if(NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE)
 	set(LINUX YES)
 	find_package(Bluez REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 07bcde4..690c869 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if(MSVC)
 	list(APPEND API wiiuse_msvcstdint.h)
 endif()
 
-add_library(wiiuse SHARED ${SOURCES} ${API})
+add_library(wiiuse ${WIIUSE_LIB_TYPE} ${SOURCES} ${API})
 
 if(WIN32)
 	target_link_libraries(wiiuse ws2_32 setupapi ${WINHID_LIBRARIES})