diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 06ce07e..aa3381a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   # Add minimal googletest targets. The provided one has many side-effects, and
   # googletest has a very straightforward build.
   add_library(
-    boringssl_gtest
+    boringssl_gtest STATIC
     third_party/googletest/googlemock/src/gmock-all.cc
     third_party/googletest/googletest/src/gtest-all.cc
   )