diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ endif()
 # Add minimal googletest targets. The provided one has many side-effects, and
 # googletest has a very straightforward build.
 add_library(
-  boringssl_gtest
+  boringssl_gtest STATIC
   third_party/googletest/googlemock/src/gmock-all.cc
   third_party/googletest/googletest/src/gtest-all.cc
 )