diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a35ee52..ee133d5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1611,6 +1611,7 @@ if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 else()
   set(ENABLE_SHARED         "no")
   set(LIBCURL_NO_SHARED     "${LIBCURL_LIBS}")
+  set(LIBCURL_LIBS          "")
   set(CPPFLAG_CURL_STATICLIB "-DCURL_STATICLIB")
 endif()
 if(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)