diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a3ff1ee..101fa40f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ unset(BUILDTESTER CACHE)
 unset(BUILDAPIEMULTESTER CACHE)
 unset(BUILD_TEST_LIB CACHE)
 unset(BUILD_HOST_HELPER CACHE)
+unset(CREATE_SHARED_LIB CACHE)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1ab6509e..eb03586c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ TUV_SYSTEMROOT  ?= default
 TUV_BUILDTESTER ?= yes
 TUV_BUILDAPIEMULTESTER ?= no
 TUV_BUILDHOSTHELPER ?= no
+TUV_CREATE_SHARED_LIB ?= no
 
 OUTPUT_ROOT     := build
 BUILD_FOLDER    := ./$(OUTPUT_ROOT)/$(TUV_PLATFORM)/$(TUV_BUILD_TYPE)
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ CMAKE_DEFINES   := \
 	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$(TUV_BUILD_TYPE) \
 	-DTARGET_PLATFORM=$(TUV_PLATFORM) \
 	-DBUILDTESTER=${TUV_BUILDTESTER} \
-	-DBUILD_HOST_HELPER=${TUV_BUILDHOSTHELPER}
+	-DBUILD_HOST_HELPER=${TUV_BUILDHOSTHELPER} \
+	-DCREATE_SHARED_LIB=${TUV_CREATE_SHARED_LIB}
 
 ifneq ($(TUV_BOARD),unknown)
 	CMAKE_DEFINES += -DTARGET_BOARD=${TUV_BOARD}
diff --git a/cmake/libtuv.cmake b/cmake/libtuv.cmake
index 435b7a4c..00ae515b 100644
--- a/cmake/libtuv.cmake
+++ b/cmake/libtuv.cmake
@@ -59,14 +59,16 @@ set_target_properties(${TARGETLIBNAME} PROPERTIES
     RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${BIN_OUT}")
 
 # build tuv shared library
-set(TARGETSHAREDLIBNAME tuv_shared)
-add_library(${TARGETSHAREDLIBNAME} SHARED ${LIB_TUV_SRCFILES})
-target_include_directories(${TARGETSHAREDLIBNAME} SYSTEM PRIVATE ${TARGET_INC})
-target_include_directories(${TARGETSHAREDLIBNAME} PUBLIC ${LIB_TUV_INCDIRS})
-set_target_properties(${TARGETSHAREDLIBNAME} PROPERTIES
-    LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${LIB_OUT}"
-    COMPILE_FLAGS -fPIC
-    OUTPUT_NAME tuv)
+if (DEFINED CREATE_SHARED_LIB AND CREATE_SHARED_LIB STREQUAL "yes")
+  set(TARGETSHAREDLIBNAME tuv_shared)
+  add_library(${TARGETSHAREDLIBNAME} SHARED ${LIB_TUV_SRCFILES})
+  target_include_directories(${TARGETSHAREDLIBNAME} SYSTEM PRIVATE ${TARGET_INC})
+  target_include_directories(${TARGETSHAREDLIBNAME} PUBLIC ${LIB_TUV_INCDIRS})
+  set_target_properties(${TARGETSHAREDLIBNAME} PROPERTIES
+      LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${LIB_OUT}"
+      COMPILE_FLAGS -fPIC
+      OUTPUT_NAME tuv)
+endif()
 
 if(DEFINED COPY_TARGET_LIB)
   add_custom_command(TARGET ${TARGETLIBNAME} POST_BUILD