diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f5be451..b6aa294 100644
--- a/canokey-core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/canokey-core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ endif ()
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SRC src/*.c applets/*.c interfaces/*.c
         littlefs/lfs.c littlefs/lfs_util.c
         tinycbor/src/cborencoder.c tinycbor/src/cborparser.c)
-add_library(canokey-core ${SRC})
+add_library(canokey-core STATIC ${SRC})
 
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
     target_compile_definitions(canokey-core PUBLIC TEST)