diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e108c16..2cd82ef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -183,10 +183,18 @@ if(MINGW)
     set(ZLIB_DLL_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zlib1rc.obj)
 endif(MINGW)

-add_library(zlib SHARED ${ZLIB_SRCS} ${ZLIB_ASMS} ${ZLIB_DLL_SRCS} ${ZLIB_PUBLIC_HDRS} ${ZLIB_PRIVATE_HDRS})
-add_library(zlibstatic STATIC ${ZLIB_SRCS} ${ZLIB_ASMS} ${ZLIB_PUBLIC_HDRS} ${ZLIB_PRIVATE_HDRS})
-set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL ZLIB_DLL)
-set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES SOVERSION 1)
+if(NOT DEFINED BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    add_library(zlib SHARED ${ZLIB_SRCS} ${ZLIB_ASMS} ${ZLIB_DLL_SRCS} ${ZLIB_PUBLIC_HDRS} ${ZLIB_PRIVATE_HDRS})
+    add_library(zlibstatic STATIC ${ZLIB_SRCS} ${ZLIB_ASMS} ${ZLIB_PUBLIC_HDRS} ${ZLIB_PRIVATE_HDRS})
+    set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL ZLIB_DLL)
+    set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES SOVERSION 1)
+
+    set(ZLIB_INSTALL_LIBRARIES zlib zlibstatic)
+else()
+    add_library(zlib ${ZLIB_SRCS} ${ZLIB_ASMS} ${ZLIB_PUBLIC_HDRS} ${ZLIB_PRIVATE_HDRS})
+
+    set(ZLIB_INSTALL_LIBRARIES zlib)
+endif()

 if(NOT CYGWIN)
     # This property causes shared libraries on Linux to have the full version
@@ -196,22 +204,22 @@ if(NOT CYGWIN)
     #
     # This has no effect with MSVC, on that platform the version info for
     # the DLL comes from the resource file win32/zlib1.rc
-    set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES VERSION ${ZLIB_FULL_VERSION})
+    set_target_properties(${ZLIB_INSTALL_LIBRARIES} PROPERTIES VERSION ${ZLIB_FULL_VERSION})
 endif()

 if(UNIX)
     # On unix-like platforms the library is almost always called libz
-   set_target_properties(zlib zlibstatic PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME z)
+   set_target_properties(${ZLIB_INSTALL_LIBRARIES} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME z)
    if(NOT APPLE)
-     set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script,\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/zlib.map\"")
+     set_target_properties(${ZLIB_INSTALL_LIBRARIES} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script,\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/zlib.map\"")
    endif()
 elseif(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND WIN32)
     # Creates zlib1.dll when building shared library version
-    set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES SUFFIX "1.dll")
+    set_target_properties(${ZLIB_INSTALL_LIBRARIES} PROPERTIES SUFFIX "1.dll")
 endif()

 if(NOT SKIP_INSTALL_LIBRARIES AND NOT SKIP_INSTALL_ALL )
-    install(TARGETS zlib zlibstatic
+    install(TARGETS ${ZLIB_INSTALL_LIBRARIES}
         RUNTIME DESTINATION "${INSTALL_BIN_DIR}"
         ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${INSTALL_LIB_DIR}"
         LIBRARY DESTINATION "${INSTALL_LIB_DIR}" )
@@ -229,21 +237,22 @@ endif()
 #============================================================================
 # Example binaries
 #============================================================================
-
-add_executable(example test/example.c)
-target_link_libraries(example zlib)
-add_test(example example)
-
-add_executable(minigzip test/minigzip.c)
-target_link_libraries(minigzip zlib)
-
-if(HAVE_OFF64_T)
-    add_executable(example64 test/example.c)
-    target_link_libraries(example64 zlib)
-    set_target_properties(example64 PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64")
-    add_test(example64 example64)
-
-    add_executable(minigzip64 test/minigzip.c)
-    target_link_libraries(minigzip64 zlib)
-    set_target_properties(minigzip64 PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64")
+if(NOT SKIP_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
+    add_executable(example test/example.c)
+    target_link_libraries(example zlib)
+    add_test(example example)
+
+    add_executable(minigzip test/minigzip.c)
+    target_link_libraries(minigzip zlib)
+
+    if(HAVE_OFF64_T)
+        add_executable(example64 test/example.c)
+        target_link_libraries(example64 zlib)
+        set_target_properties(example64 PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64")
+        add_test(example64 example64)
+
+        add_executable(minigzip64 test/minigzip.c)
+        target_link_libraries(minigzip64 zlib)
+        set_target_properties(minigzip64 PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64")
+    endif()
 endif()