diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 45d32504..29cac8dd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
 find_package(jsoncpp)
 
-add_library(restclient-cpp SHARED
+if(NOT DEFINED COMPILE_TYPE)
+  set(COMPILE_TYPE SHARED)
+endif(NOT DEFINED COMPILE_TYPE)
+
+add_library(restclient-cpp ${COMPILE_TYPE}
   source/restclient.cc
   source/connection.cc
   source/helpers.cc