diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e18d6bd..adf2591 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -531,8 +531,12 @@
     find_package(PkgConfig)
     if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
       pkg_check_modules(VMAF REQUIRED libvmaf)
-      target_link_libraries(aom
-                            PRIVATE ${VMAF_LDFLAGS} ${VMAF_LIBRARIES} -static)
+      if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+        target_link_libraries(aom PRIVATE ${VMAF_LDFLAGS} ${VMAF_LIBRARIES})
+      else()
+        target_link_libraries(aom
+                              PRIVATE ${VMAF_LDFLAGS} ${VMAF_LIBRARIES} -static)
+      endif()
       target_include_directories(aom PRIVATE ${VMAF_INCLUDE_DIRS})
       if(VMAF_CFLAGS)
         append_compiler_flag("${VMAF_CFLAGS}")