diff --git a/cmake/FairMQLib.cmake b/cmake/FairMQLib.cmake
index f3c8bdf4..b93c8d54 100644
--- a/cmake/FairMQLib.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FairMQLib.cmake
@@ -123,8 +123,14 @@ macro(set_fairmq_defaults)
   endif()
   set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
+  if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON CACHE BOOL "Whether to build shared libraries or static archives")
+  endif()
+
   # Set -fPIC as default for all library types
-  set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+  if(NOT CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE)
+    set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+  endif()
 
   # Generate compile_commands.json file (https://clang.llvm.org/docs/JSONCompilationDatabase.html)
   set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
diff --git a/fairmq/CMakeLists.txt b/fairmq/CMakeLists.txt
index 1df780e1..fb8aabde 100644
--- a/fairmq/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fairmq/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ if(FAST_BUILD)
 else()
   set(_target FairMQ)
 endif()
-add_library(${_target} SHARED
+add_library(${_target}
   ${FAIRMQ_SOURCE_FILES}
   ${FAIRMQ_PUBLIC_HEADER_FILES} # for IDE integration
   ${FAIRMQ_PRIVATE_HEADER_FILES} # for IDE integration
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${_target}
   PUBLIC # libFairMQ AND consumers of libFairMQ link aginst public dependencies
   Threads::Threads
   dl
-  rt
+  $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Linux>:rt>
   Boost::boost
   Boost::program_options
   Boost::thread
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ target_link_libraries(runConfigExample FairMQ)
 add_executable(fairmq-shmmonitor shmem/Monitor.cxx shmem/Monitor.h shmem/runMonitor.cxx)
 target_link_libraries(fairmq-shmmonitor PUBLIC
   Threads::Threads
-  rt
+  $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Linux>:rt>
   Boost::boost
   Boost::date_time
   Boost::program_options
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ install(
   EXPORT ${PROJECT_EXPORT_SET}
   RUNTIME DESTINATION ${PROJECT_INSTALL_BINDIR}
   LIBRARY DESTINATION ${PROJECT_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${PROJECT_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
 )
 
 # preserve relative path and prepend fairmq