diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 99142c8..97cd369 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -857,15 +857,19 @@ $(srcprefix)htslib.map: libhts.so
 	    rm -f $@.tmp ; \
 	fi
 
-install: libhts.a $(BUILT_PROGRAMS) $(BUILT_PLUGINS) installdirs install-$(SHLIB_FLAVOUR) install-pkgconfig
+install: $(BUILT_PROGRAMS) $(BUILT_PLUGINS) installdirs install-pkgconfig
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(BUILT_PROGRAMS) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
 	if test -n "$(BUILT_PLUGINS)"; then $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(BUILT_PLUGINS) $(DESTDIR)$(plugindir); fi
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SRC)htslib/*.h $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/htslib
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) libhts.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libhts.a
 	$(INSTALL_MAN) $(SRC)annot-tsv.1 $(SRC)bgzip.1 $(SRC)htsfile.1 $(SRC)tabix.1 $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)
 	$(INSTALL_MAN) $(SRC)faidx.5 $(SRC)sam.5 $(SRC)vcf.5 $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir)
 	$(INSTALL_MAN) $(SRC)htslib-s3-plugin.7 $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)
 
+install-static: install
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) libhts.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libhts.a
+
+install-dynamic: install install-$(SHLIB_FLAVOUR)
+
 installdirs:
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) $(DESTDIR)$(includedir) $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/htslib $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir) $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir) $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir) $(DESTDIR)$(pkgconfigdir)
 	if test -n "$(plugindir)"; then $(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(plugindir); fi