diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fe01b74c..6f1a3311 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,18 +103,32 @@ function(use_libuv)
     if (FIND_LIBUV)
         find_package(libuv ${LIBUV_VERSION} QUIET)
         if (libuv_FOUND)
-            add_library(uv::uv-shared ALIAS uv)
+            if (BUILD_UVW_SHARED_LIB)
+                add_library(uv::uv-shared ALIAS uv)
+            else()
+                add_library(uv::uv-static ALIAS uv_a)
+                set(libuv-static_FOUND TRUE)
+            endif(BUILD_UVW_SHARED_LIB)
             set(FETCH_LIBUV_DEFAULT OFF)
             message(STATUS "libuv ${libuv_VERSION} found via cmake")
         else(libuv_FOUND)
             find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
             if (PkgConfig_FOUND)
-                pkg_check_modules(libuv IMPORTED_TARGET libuv>=${LIBUV_VERSION})
-                if (libuv_FOUND)
-                    add_library(uv::uv-shared ALIAS PkgConfig::libuv)
-                    set(FETCH_LIBUV_DEFAULT OFF)
-                    message(STATUS "libuv ${libuv_VERSION} found via pkg-config")
-                endif(libuv_FOUND)
+                if (BUILD_UVW_SHARED_LIB)
+                    pkg_check_modules(libuv IMPORTED_TARGET libuv>=${LIBUV_VERSION})
+                    if (libuv_FOUND)
+                        add_library(uv::uv-shared ALIAS PkgConfig::libuv)
+                        set(FETCH_LIBUV_DEFAULT OFF)
+                        message(STATUS "libuv ${libuv_VERSION} found via pkg-config")
+                    endif(libuv_FOUND)
+                else()
+                    pkg_check_modules(libuv-static IMPORTED_TARGET libuv-static>=${LIBUV_VERSION})
+                    if (libuv-static_FOUND)
+                        add_library(uv::uv-static ALIAS PkgConfig::libuv-static)
+                        set(FETCH_LIBUV_DEFAULT OFF)
+                        message(STATUS "static libuv ${libuv-static_VERSION} found via pkg-config")
+                    endif(libuv-static_FOUND)
+                endif(BUILD_UVW_SHARED_LIB)
             endif(PkgConfig_FOUND)
         endif(libuv_FOUND)
     endif(FIND_LIBUV)
@@ -197,7 +211,7 @@ if(FETCH_LIBUV AND BUILD_UVW_LIBS)
     else()
         install(TARGETS uv_a EXPORT uvwConfig ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/uvw)
     endif()
-    
+
 endif(FETCH_LIBUV AND BUILD_UVW_LIBS)
 export(EXPORT uvwConfig)
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 584abfcb..95cd7455 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ else()
     add_library(uvw STATIC)
     add_library(uvw::uvw-static ALIAS uvw)
     # If libuv is not fetched by ourselves, it's the caller's responsibility to make sure of the linkage.
-    if(FETCH_LIBUV OR libuv_FOUND)
+    if(FETCH_LIBUV OR libuv-static_FOUND)
         target_link_libraries(uvw PUBLIC uv::uv-static)
     endif()
 endif()