diff --git a/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 33c05aee8..9d0e7fb0b 100644
--- a/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,9 +124,13 @@ endif ()
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 add_subdirectory(lib)
 
+option(ZSTD_PROGRAMS_LINK_SHARED "PROGRAMS LINK SHARED" OFF)
+
 if (ZSTD_BUILD_PROGRAMS)
-    if (NOT ZSTD_BUILD_STATIC)
+    if (NOT ZSTD_BUILD_STATIC AND NOT ZSTD_PROGRAMS_LINK_SHARED)
         message(SEND_ERROR "You need to build static library to build zstd CLI")
+    elseif(NOT ZSTD_BUILD_SHARED AND ZSTD_PROGRAMS_LINK_SHARED)
+        message(SEND_ERROR "You need to build shared library to build zstd CLI")
     endif ()
 
     add_subdirectory(programs)
diff --git a/build/cmake/programs/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/programs/CMakeLists.txt
index 8afd83503..b26e97d0d 100644
--- a/build/cmake/programs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/programs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,13 +21,19 @@ if (ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT)
     include_directories(${PROGRAMS_LEGACY_DIR} ${LIBRARY_DIR}/legacy)
 endif ()
 
+if (ZSTD_PROGRAMS_LINK_SHARED)
+    set(PROGRAMS_ZSTD_LINK_TARGET libzstd_shared)
+else ()
+    set(PROGRAMS_ZSTD_LINK_TARGET libzstd_static)
+endif ()
+
 if (MSVC)
     set(MSVC_RESOURCE_DIR ${ZSTD_SOURCE_DIR}/build/VS2010/zstd)
     set(PlatformDependResources ${MSVC_RESOURCE_DIR}/zstd.rc)
 endif ()
 
 add_executable(zstd ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/zstdcli.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/util.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/timefn.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/fileio.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/benchfn.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/benchzstd.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/datagen.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/dibio.c ${PlatformDependResources})
-target_link_libraries(zstd libzstd_static)
+target_link_libraries(zstd ${PROGRAMS_ZSTD_LINK_TARGET})
 if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "(Solaris|SunOS)")
     target_link_libraries(zstd rt)
 endif ()
@@ -68,7 +74,7 @@ if (UNIX)
         DESTINATION "${MAN_INSTALL_DIR}")
 
     add_executable(zstd-frugal ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/zstdcli.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/util.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/timefn.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/fileio.c)
-    target_link_libraries(zstd-frugal libzstd_static)
+    target_link_libraries(zstd-frugal ${PROGRAMS_ZSTD_LINK_TARGET})
     set_property(TARGET zstd-frugal APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "ZSTD_NOBENCH;ZSTD_NODICT")
 endif ()