diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ceaf5b..ec714a5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1682,6 +1682,7 @@ if(NOT CURL_DISABLE_INSTALL)
   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)