diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b75808..1db0b4f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -270,4 +270,7 @@ unwinding back-end, and the python script will check for an exact or near-match
 
 ## License
 
-The library is under the MIT license.
+This library is under the MIT license.
+
+Libdwarf is bundled as part of this library so the code in `bundled/libdwarf` is LGPL. If this library is statically
+linked with libdwarf then the library's binary will itself be LGPL.
diff --git a/bundled/libdwarf/CMakeLists.txt b/bundled/libdwarf/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ae67cb..4cf73cc 100644
--- a/bundled/libdwarf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bundled/libdwarf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ set(CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS ON)
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
-add_library(dwarf SHARED ${libdwarf_sources} ${libdwarf_headers})
+add_library(dwarf STATIC ${libdwarf_sources} ${libdwarf_headers})
 
 target_compile_definitions(dwarf PUBLIC LIBDWARF_BUILD)