diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 82fb7c2..a94b4ff 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ set(LIBJSONNET_SOURCE
     string_utils.cpp
     vm.cpp)
 
+if (BUILD_SHARED_BINARIES)
 add_library(libjsonnet ${LIBJSONNET_HEADERS} ${LIBJSONNET_SOURCE})
 add_dependencies(libjsonnet md5 stdlib)
 target_link_libraries(libjsonnet md5 nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ install(TARGETS libjsonnet
 	LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
 	ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}"
 	PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
+endif()
 
 if (BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
     # Static library for jsonnet command-line tool.
@@ -102,3 +104,6 @@ if (BUILD_TESTS)
     add_test(jsonnet_test_snippet
         ${GLOBAL_OUTPUT_PATH}/jsonnet -e ${TEST_SNIPPET})
 endif()
+
+
+install(FILES ${LIB_HEADER} DESTINATION include)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index bf349df..6ed1442 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ set(LIBJSONNETPP_SOURCE
     libjsonnet++.cpp
 )
 
+if (BUILD_SHARED_BINARIES)
 add_library(libjsonnet++ SHARED ${LIBJSONNETPP_HEADERS} ${LIBJSONNETPP_SOURCE})
-add_dependencies(libjsonnet++ jsonnet)
-# target_link_libraries(libjsonnet libjsonnet)
+target_link_libraries(libjsonnet++ libjsonnet)
 
 # CMake prepends CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX to shared libraries, so without
 # this step the output would be |liblibjsonnet|.
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ install(TARGETS libjsonnet++
 	LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
 	ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
 	PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
+endif()
 
 if (BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
     # Static library for jsonnet command-line tool.
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ else()
     add_library(libjsonnet++_for_binaries ALIAS libjsonnet++_static)
 endif()
 
+install(FILES ${LIBJSONNETPP_HEADERS} DESTINATION include)
+
 # Tests
 function(add_test_executablepp test_name)
     if (EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${test_name}.cpp)