diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fd41fa7148..a0710834bf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ option(WITH_ASYNC_EXPORT_PREVIEW "Whether to enable async export" OFF)
 option(WITH_METRICS_EXEMPLAR_PREVIEW
        "Whether to enable exemplar within metrics" OFF)
 
+option(OPENTELEMETRY_SKIP_DYNAMIC_LOADING_TESTS
+       "Whether to build test libraries that are always linked as shared libs"
+       OFF)
+
 #
 # Verify options dependencies
 #
diff --git a/api/test/CMakeLists.txt b/api/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 20c9f4e949..66eeee2092 100644
--- a/api/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/api/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ add_subdirectory(metrics)
 add_subdirectory(logs)
 add_subdirectory(common)
 add_subdirectory(baggage)
-add_subdirectory(singleton)
+
+if(NOT OPENTELEMETRY_SKIP_DYNAMIC_LOADING_TESTS)
+  add_subdirectory(singleton)
+endif()
diff --git a/examples/plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index e1a44690e4..5dfc79963c 100644
--- a/examples/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 add_subdirectory(load)
-add_subdirectory(plugin)
+
+if(NOT OPENTELEMETRY_SKIP_DYNAMIC_LOADING_TESTS)
+  add_subdirectory(plugin)
+endif()