diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0fe939d..a1291d5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set(VERSION "1.2.11")
 
 option(ASM686 "Enable building i686 assembly implementation")
 option(AMD64 "Enable building amd64 assembly implementation")
+option(SKIP_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Skip build of the examples" OFF)
 
 set(INSTALL_BIN_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin" CACHE PATH "Installation directory for executables")
 set(INSTALL_LIB_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib" CACHE PATH "Installation directory for libraries")
@@ -124,9 +125,11 @@ set(ZLIB_SRCS
 )
 
 if(NOT MINGW)
-    set(ZLIB_DLL_SRCS
-        win32/zlib1.rc # If present will override custom build rule below.
-    )
+    if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+        set(ZLIB_DLL_SRCS
+            win32/zlib1.rc # If present will override custom build rule below.
+        )
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
@@ -180,11 +183,12 @@ if(MINGW)
                             -I ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
                             -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zlib1rc.obj
                             -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/win32/zlib1.rc)
-    set(ZLIB_DLL_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zlib1rc.obj)
+    if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+        set(ZLIB_DLL_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zlib1rc.obj)
+    endif()
 endif(MINGW)
 
-add_library(zlib SHARED ${ZLIB_SRCS} ${ZLIB_ASMS} ${ZLIB_DLL_SRCS} ${ZLIB_PUBLIC_HDRS} ${ZLIB_PRIVATE_HDRS})
-add_library(zlibstatic STATIC ${ZLIB_SRCS} ${ZLIB_ASMS} ${ZLIB_PUBLIC_HDRS} ${ZLIB_PRIVATE_HDRS})
+add_library(zlib ${ZLIB_SRCS} ${ZLIB_ASMS} ${ZLIB_DLL_SRCS} ${ZLIB_PUBLIC_HDRS} ${ZLIB_PRIVATE_HDRS})
 set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL ZLIB_DLL)
 set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES SOVERSION 1)
 
@@ -201,7 +205,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(UNIX)
     # On unix-like platforms the library is almost always called libz
-   set_target_properties(zlib zlibstatic PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME z)
+   set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME z)
    if(NOT APPLE)
      set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script,\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/zlib.map\"")
    endif()
@@ -211,7 +215,7 @@ elseif(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND WIN32)
 endif()
 
 if(NOT SKIP_INSTALL_LIBRARIES AND NOT SKIP_INSTALL_ALL )
-    install(TARGETS zlib zlibstatic
+    install(TARGETS zlib
         RUNTIME DESTINATION "${INSTALL_BIN_DIR}"
         ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${INSTALL_LIB_DIR}"
         LIBRARY DESTINATION "${INSTALL_LIB_DIR}" )
@@ -230,6 +234,7 @@ endif()
 # Example binaries
 #============================================================================
 
+if (NOT SKIP_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
 add_executable(example test/example.c)
 target_link_libraries(example zlib)
 add_test(example example)
@@ -247,3 +252,4 @@ if(HAVE_OFF64_T)
     target_link_libraries(minigzip64 zlib)
     set_target_properties(minigzip64 PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64")
 endif()
+endif()