diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bbbf2ef01908bc4edc2cac574362245026f9f983..d882377f303d7339058c4dd8d30373962f325dbf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ project(niflib)
 
 include_directories("include")
 
+# set to STATIC for static library build
 add_library(niflib SHARED
 src/RefObject.cpp
 src/kfm.cpp