diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b1c744..c363f8e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ project(libbasen
 
 set(CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-unused-result -O3")
 
+if(DEFINED BASEN_SHARED_LIBS)
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${BASEN_SHARED_LIBS})
+endif()
+
 set(OBJS
     base58
     base64
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1344ab..5ebbba2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ sudo make uni USRDIR=(Your installation dir)
 For using as dependency only (without cli tool, test, coverage, docs)
 
 ```
+set(BASEN_SHARED_LIBS ON)
 include(FetchContent)
 FetchContent_Declare(
     basen