diff --git a/hl/src/CMakeLists.txt b/hl/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 872e42d..146d0a9 100644
--- a/hl/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hl/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,16 +29,20 @@ set (HL_HEADERS
     ${HDF5_HL_SRC_SOURCE_DIR}/hdf5_hl.h
 )
 
-add_library (${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET} STATIC ${HL_SRCS} ${HL_HEADERS})
-TARGET_C_PROPERTIES (${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET} STATIC " " " ")
-target_link_libraries (${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET} ${HDF5_LIB_TARGET})
-H5_SET_LIB_OPTIONS (${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET} ${HDF5_HL_LIB_NAME} STATIC)
-set_target_properties (${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET} PROPERTIES
-    FOLDER libraries/hl
-    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:$<INSTALL_PREFIX>/include>"
-)
-set_global_variable (HDF5_LIBRARIES_TO_EXPORT "${HDF5_LIBRARIES_TO_EXPORT};${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET}")
-set (install_targets ${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET})
+set (install_targets)
+
+if (NOT DISABLE_STATIC_LIBS)
+  add_library (${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET} STATIC ${HL_SRCS} ${HL_HEADERS})
+  TARGET_C_PROPERTIES (${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET} STATIC " " " ")
+  target_link_libraries (${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET} ${HDF5_LIB_TARGET})
+  H5_SET_LIB_OPTIONS (${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET} ${HDF5_HL_LIB_NAME} STATIC)
+  set_target_properties (${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET} PROPERTIES
+      FOLDER libraries/hl
+      INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:$<INSTALL_PREFIX>/include>"
+  )
+  set_global_variable (HDF5_LIBRARIES_TO_EXPORT "${HDF5_LIBRARIES_TO_EXPORT};${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET}")
+  set (install_targets ${install_targets} ${HDF5_HL_LIB_TARGET})
+endif (NOT DISABLE_STATIC_LIBS)
 
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   add_library (${HDF5_HL_LIBSH_TARGET} SHARED ${HL_SRCS} ${HL_HEADERS})
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d93612b..a63cc3a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -851,30 +851,33 @@ add_custom_command (
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 set (gen_SRCS ${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}/H5Tinit.c ${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}/H5lib_settings.c)
 
-add_library (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} STATIC ${common_SRCS} ${gen_SRCS} ${H5_PUBLIC_HEADERS} ${H5_PRIVATE_HEADERS} ${H5_GENERATED_HEADERS})
-TARGET_C_PROPERTIES (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} STATIC " " " ")
-target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} ${LINK_LIBS})
-if (NOT WIN32)
+set (install_targets)
+if (NOT DISABLE_STATIC_LIBS)
+  add_library (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} STATIC ${common_SRCS} ${gen_SRCS} ${H5_PUBLIC_HEADERS} ${H5_PRIVATE_HEADERS} ${H5_GENERATED_HEADERS})
+  TARGET_C_PROPERTIES (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} STATIC " " " ")
+  target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} ${LINK_LIBS})
+  if (NOT WIN32)
   target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} dl)
-endif (NOT WIN32)
-if (H5_HAVE_PARALLEL AND MPI_C_FOUND)
+  endif (NOT WIN32)
+  if (H5_HAVE_PARALLEL AND MPI_C_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} ${MPI_C_LIBRARIES})
-endif (H5_HAVE_PARALLEL AND MPI_C_FOUND)
-set_global_variable (HDF5_LIBRARIES_TO_EXPORT ${HDF5_LIB_TARGET})
-H5_SET_LIB_OPTIONS (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} ${HDF5_LIB_NAME} STATIC)
-set_target_properties (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} PROPERTIES
-    FOLDER libraries
-    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:$<INSTALL_PREFIX>/include>"
-)
+  endif (H5_HAVE_PARALLEL AND MPI_C_FOUND)
+  set_global_variable (HDF5_LIBRARIES_TO_EXPORT ${HDF5_LIB_TARGET})
+  H5_SET_LIB_OPTIONS (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} ${HDF5_LIB_NAME} STATIC)
+  set_target_properties (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} PROPERTIES
+      FOLDER libraries
+      INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:$<INSTALL_PREFIX>/include>"
+  )
 
-option (HDF5_ENABLE_DEBUG_APIS "Turn on extra debug output in all packages" OFF)
-if (HDF5_ENABLE_DEBUG_APIS)
+  option (HDF5_ENABLE_DEBUG_APIS "Turn on extra debug output in all packages" OFF)
+  if (HDF5_ENABLE_DEBUG_APIS)
   set_target_properties (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} PROPERTIES
       COMPILE_DEFINITIONS
           "H5Z_DEBUG;H5T_DEBUG;H5ST_DEBUG;H5S_DEBUG;H5O_DEBUG;H5I_DEBUG;H5HL_DEBUG;H5F_DEBUG;H5D_DEBUG;H5B2_DEBUG;H5AC_DEBUG"
   )
-endif (HDF5_ENABLE_DEBUG_APIS)
-set (install_targets ${HDF5_LIB_TARGET})
+  endif (HDF5_ENABLE_DEBUG_APIS)
+  set (install_targets ${install_targets} ${HDF5_LIB_TARGET})
+endif (NOT DISABLE_STATIC_LIBS)
 
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   file (MAKE_DIRECTORY "${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}/shared")