diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d443757..303dfe2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,14 +102,20 @@ IF(MSVC)
 ADD_DEFINITIONS("-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS")
 ENDIF(MSVC)
 
+OPTION(ENABLE_STATIC "Enable static builds" OFF)
+IF(ENABLE_STATIC)
+  set(ZIP_EXTERN_OVERRIDE ON)
+  set(ZIP_EXTERN ON)
+ENDIF(ENABLE_STATIC)
+
 ADD_DEFINITIONS("-DHAVE_CONFIG_H")
 
 # Targets
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(lib)
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(man)
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(src)
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(regress)
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(examples)
+# ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(man)
+# ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(src)
+# ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(regress)
+# ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(examples)
 
 # TODO: pkgconfig file
 
diff --git a/cmake-zipconf.h.in b/cmake-zipconf.h.in
index 17edc6c..ac9c394 100644
--- a/cmake-zipconf.h.in
+++ b/cmake-zipconf.h.in
@@ -118,4 +118,10 @@ typedef unsigned long long zip_uint64_t;
 #define ZIP_INT64_MAX	 0x7fffffffffffffffLL
 #define ZIP_UINT64_MAX	 0xffffffffffffffffULL
 
+#cmakedefine ZIP_EXTERN_OVERRIDE
+#ifdef ZIP_EXTERN_OVERRIDE
+#undef ZIP_EXTERN
+#cmakedefine ZIP_EXTERN
+#endif
+
 #endif /* zipconf.h */
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 1596f30..eb55fc0 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -191,19 +191,20 @@ IF(NOT HAVE_MKSTEMP)
   SET(LIBZIP_EXTRA_FILES mkstemp.c)
 ENDIF(NOT HAVE_MKSTEMP)
 
-ADD_LIBRARY(zip SHARED ${LIBZIP_SOURCES} ${LIBZIP_EXTRA_FILES} ${LIBZIP_OPSYS_FILES})
-SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(zip PROPERTIES VERSION 3.0 SOVERSION 3 )
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(zip ${ZLIB_LIBRARY})
-INSTALL(TARGETS zip
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION lib)
-#CREATE_LIBTOOL_FILE(zip lib)
-
-#ADD_LIBRARY(zipstatic STATIC ${LIBZIP_SOURCES} ${LIBZIP_EXTRA_FILES} ${LIBZIP_OPSYS_FILES})
-#SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(zipstatic PROPERTIES VERSION 3.0 SOVERSION 3 )
-#TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(zipstatic ${ZLIB_LIBRARY})
-#INSTALL(TARGETS zipstatic
-#  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-#  ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
-#  LIBRARY DESTINATION lib)
+IF(ENABLE_STATIC)
+  ADD_LIBRARY(zipstatic STATIC ${LIBZIP_SOURCES} ${LIBZIP_EXTRA_FILES} ${LIBZIP_OPSYS_FILES})
+  SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(zipstatic PROPERTIES VERSION 3.0 SOVERSION 3 )
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(zipstatic ${ZLIB_LIBRARY})
+  INSTALL(TARGETS zipstatic
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib)
+ELSE(ENABLE_STATIC)
+  ADD_LIBRARY(zip SHARED ${LIBZIP_SOURCES} ${LIBZIP_EXTRA_FILES} ${LIBZIP_OPSYS_FILES})
+  SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(zip PROPERTIES VERSION 3.0 SOVERSION 3 )
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(zip ${ZLIB_LIBRARY})
+  INSTALL(TARGETS zip
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib)
+ENDIF(ENABLE_STATIC)
diff --git a/lib/compat.h b/lib/compat.h
index 4c9e3a0..d667fe3 100644
--- a/lib/compat.h
+++ b/lib/compat.h
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@
 #define __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
+#ifndef ZIP_EXTERN_OVERRIDE
 #define ZIP_EXTERN __declspec(dllexport)
+#endif
 /* for dup(), close(), etc. */
 #include <io.h>
 #endif