diff --git a/CMakeModules/FindOpenCascade.cmake b/CMakeModules/FindOpenCascade.cmake
index 57d6d1750..22338f828 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/FindOpenCascade.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/FindOpenCascade.cmake
@@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ FIND_OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY(OPENCASCADE_TKXmlXCAF TKXmlXCAF)
 FIND_OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY(OPENCASCADE_TKXSBase TKXSBase)
 FIND_OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY(OPENCASCADE_TKXSDRAW TKXSDRAW)
 
+set (OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY_TYPE_DESCR 
+"Specifies the type of library to be used. 'Shared' libraries
+are linked dynamically and loaded at runtime. 'Static' libraries
+are archives of object files for use when linking other targets")
+
+# set type of OCCT libraries
+if (NOT OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY_TYPE)
+  set (OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY_TYPE "Static" CACHE STRING "${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY_TYPE_DESCR}" FORCE)
+  SET_PROPERTY(CACHE OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS Shared Static)
+endif()
+
+if ("${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Shared")
 
 SET(OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY}
     ${OPENCASCADE_TKernel}
@@ -124,7 +136,46 @@ SET(OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY}
     ${OPENCASCADE_TKXDESTEP}
     ${OPENCASCADE_TKIGES}
     ${OPENCASCADE_TKXDEIGES}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKLCAF}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKBRep}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKMesh}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKTopAlgo}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKShHealing}
 )
+else ("${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Shared")
+SET(OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKBO}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKBool}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKBRep}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKCAF}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKCDF}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKDCAF}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKernel}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKG2d}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKG3d}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKGeomAlgo}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKGeomBase}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKHLR}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKIGES}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKLCAF}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKMath}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKMesh}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKPrim}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKService}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKShHealing}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKSTEP}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKSTEP209}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKSTEPAttr}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKSTEPBase}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKTopAlgo}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKV3d}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKVCAF}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKXCAF}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKXDEIGES}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKXDESTEP}
+    ${OPENCASCADE_TKXSBase}
+)
+endif ("${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Shared")
 
 SET(OPENCASCADE_FOUND "NO")
 IF(OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY AND OPENCASCADE_INCLUDE_DIR)
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/OpenCASCADE/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/OpenCASCADE/CMakeLists.txt
index be97e5274..28862ae9c 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/OpenCASCADE/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/OpenCASCADE/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,5 +13,9 @@ SET(TARGET_LIBRARIES_VARS OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY)
 # requires CMake 3.1 to do the following:
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
+if (NOT "${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Shared")
+ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DHAVE_NO_DLL)
+endif (NOT "${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARY_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Shared")
+
 #### end var setup  ###
 SETUP_PLUGIN(opencascade)