diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a820781..6b47d16 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ project(serial2mqtt VERSION 0.1.0)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -g ")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -g ")
+set(PAHO_MQTT_C_LIBRARIES paho.mqtt.c) 
+# add suffix when using static Paho MQTT C library variant
+if(PAHO_BUILD_STATIC)
+    set(_PAHO_MQTT_C_LIB_NAME ${_PAHO_MQTT_C_LIB_NAME}-static)
+endif()
 find_package(eclipse-paho-mqtt-c REQUIRED)
 add_definitions(-DLINUX -std=c++11)
 add_executable(serial2mqtt)