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diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e8688d4..66c1ba2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ set(CPACK_COMPONENT_SHAREDLIBS_GROUP "Development")
 set(CPACK_COMPONENT_STATICLIBS_GROUP "Development")
 set(CPACK_COMPONENT_HEADERS_GROUP    "Development")
 
+option ( SHAREDLIBS "Build shared libraries" ON )
 option ( STATICLIBS "Build static libraries" ON )
 
 # guess LIB_SUFFIX, don't take debian multiarch into account 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 9fd86a6..5d0e52a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ set_target_properties ( ftdi1 PROPERTIES CLEAN_DIRECT_OUTPUT 1 )
 # Dependencies
 target_link_libraries(ftdi1 ${LIBUSB_LIBRARIES})
 
+if ( SHAREDLIBS )
 install ( TARGETS ftdi1
           RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
           LIBRARY DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX}
           ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX}
         )
+endif ()
 
 if ( STATICLIBS )
   add_library(ftdi1-static STATIC ${c_sources})