diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7dd8e9d..ec6314f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set(etcd-cpp-api_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(etcd-cpp-api_VERSION_MINOR 1)
 
 option(BUILD_ETCD_TESTS "Build test cases" OFF)
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared libraries" ON)
 
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system thread locale random)
 if (APPLE)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 60f7667..23f5bbd 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,4 +17,8 @@ target_link_libraries(etcd-cpp-api PUBLIC
 target_include_directories(etcd-cpp-api PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../proto/gen)
 target_include_directories(etcd-cpp-api PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../proto/gen/proto)
 
-install (TARGETS etcd-cpp-api DESTINATION lib)
+if (WIN32 AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    install (TARGETS etcd-cpp-api RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+else()
+    install (TARGETS etcd-cpp-api LIBRARY DESTINATION lib)
+endif()