diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d51dc4..5becd74 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS  "Default to building shared libraries" ON)
+option(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS  "Default to building static libraries" ON)
 
 # Generate a release merge and test it to verify the correctness of republishing the package.
 ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(distcheck
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES
     VERSION 5.0.0
     SOVERSION 5)
-
+list(APPEND CMAKE_TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME})
 # If json-c is used as subroject it set to target correct interface -I flags and allow
 # to build external target without extra include_directories(...)
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}
@@ -400,6 +401,21 @@ target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}>
 )
 
+# Allow to build static and shared libraries at the same time
+if (BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
+    set(STATIC_LIB ${PROJECT_NAME}-static)
+    add_library(${STATIC_LIB} STATIC
+        ${JSON_C_SOURCES}
+        ${JSON_C_HEADERS}
+    )
+
+    # rename the static library
+    set_target_properties(${STATIC_LIB} PROPERTIES
+        OUTPUT_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME}
+    )
+    list(APPEND CMAKE_TARGETS ${STATIC_LIB})
+endif ()
+
 # Always create new install dirs with 0755 permissions, regardless of umask
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS
 	OWNER_READ
@@ -411,7 +427,7 @@ set(CMAKE_INSTALL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS
 	WORLD_EXECUTE
    )
 
-install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
+install(TARGETS ${CMAKE_TARGETS}
     EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}-targets
     RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39ea0d6..f5a7ee3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ Variable             | Type   | Description
 ---------------------|--------|--------------
 CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX | String | The install location.
 CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE     | String | Defaults to "debug"
-BUILD_SHARED_LIBS    | Bool   | The default build generates a dynamic (dll/so) library.  Set this to OFF to create a static library instead.
+BUILD_SHARED_LIBS    | Bool   | The default build generates a dynamic (dll/so) library.  Set this to OFF to create a static library only.
+BUILD_STATIC_LIBS    | Bool   | The default build generates a static (lib/a) library.  Set this to OFF to create a shared library only.
 ENABLE_RDRAND        | Bool   | Enable RDRAND Hardware RNG Hash Seed
 ENABLE_THREADING     | Bool   | Enable partial threading support
 DISABLE_WERROR       | Bool   | Disable use of -Werror
@@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ DISABLE_BSYMBOLIC    | Bool   | Disable use of -Bsymbolic-functions
 Pass these options as `-D` on CMake's command-line.
 
 ```sh
-cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ...
+# build a static library only
+cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ..
 ```
 
 ### Building with partial threading support
diff --git a/cmake-configure b/cmake-configure
index 2fcc39e..c8e44ae 100755
--- a/cmake-configure
+++ b/cmake-configure
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
 		FLAGS+=(-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON)
 		;;
 	--enable-static)
-		FLAGS+=(-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF)
+		FLAGS+=(-DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=ON)
 		;;
 	--disable-Bsymbolic)
 		FLAGS+=(-DDISABLE_BSYMBOLIC=ON)