diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e717456..7689b60 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ if ( NOT DEFINED WITH_BINDING_PYTHON )
   SET(WITH_BINDING_PYTHON ON)
 ENDIF()
 
+if ( NOT DEFINED WITH_ALPR_STATICALLY_LINKED)
+  SET(WITH_ALPR_STATICALLY_LINKED OFF)
+ENDIF()
+
 IF (WIN32 AND WITH_DAEMON) 
   MESSAGE(WARNING "Skipping alprd daemon installation, as it is not supported in Windows.")
   SET(WITH_DAEMON OFF)
@@ -89,8 +93,14 @@ ENDIF()
 set(CMAKE_CSS_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -Wall ")
 ADD_EXECUTABLE( alpr  main.cpp )
 
+if (WITH_ALPR_STATICALLY_LINKED) 
+   SET(ALPR_LINK_LIBRARY openalpr-static)
+ELSE()
+   SET(ALPR_LINK_LIBRARY openalpr)
+ENDIF()
+
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(alpr
-	openalpr
+	${ALPR_LINK_LIBRARY}
 	support
     video
 	${OpenCV_LIBS}