diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43fa60ed..08ac017a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ execute_process(
 
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY bin)
 set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY lib)
+set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY lib)
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -std=c99")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-DDEBUG=1")
 
 # external libraries
-add_library(xfile SHARED extlib/xfile/xfile.c)
+add_library(xfile STATIC extlib/xfile/xfile.c)
 
 # build picrin
 include_directories(include extlib)