diff --git a/rpcapd/CMakeLists.txt b/rpcapd/CMakeLists.txt
index 72f0c096ee..b669a8a6ac 100644
--- a/rpcapd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rpcapd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ if(WIN32 OR ((CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT OR PTHREADS_FOUND) AND HAVE_CRYPT))
       OSX_ARCHITECTURES "${OSX_PROGRAM_ARCHITECTURES}")
   endif()
 
-  if(WIN32)
+  if(WIN32 AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     target_link_libraries(rpcapd ${LIBRARY_NAME}
       ${RPCAPD_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${PCAP_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-  else(WIN32)
+  else(WIN32 AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     target_link_libraries(rpcapd ${LIBRARY_NAME}_static
       ${RPCAPD_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${PCAP_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-  endif(WIN32)
+  endif(WIN32 AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
   ######################################
   # Install rpcap daemon and man pages