diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ec5df2..48bd3e5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ set (CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 option (WITH_GFLAGS "Use gflags" ON)
 option (WITH_THREADS "Enable multithreading support" ON)
 option (WITH_TLS "Enable Thread Local Storage (TLS) support" ON)
+option (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared libraries" OFF)
 
 list (APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)