diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 02dcc2cc..9107626f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ if  (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Darwin")
     endif()
     target_link_libraries(graphite2 c)
     include(Graphite)
-    nolib_test(stdc++ $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:graphite2>)
+    if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+        nolib_test(stdc++ $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:graphite2>)
+    endif()
     set(CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES "")
     CREATE_LIBTOOL_FILE(graphite2 "/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}")
 endif()