diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/CMakeLists.txt b/opm/parser/eclipse/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e02e4b36..f2a300605 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ Utility/EndscaleWrapper.hpp
 Utility/ScalecrsWrapper.hpp
 )
 
-add_library(buildParser ${rawdeck_source} ${build_parser_source} ${deck_source} ${unit_source})
+add_library(buildParser STATIC ${rawdeck_source} ${build_parser_source} ${deck_source} ${unit_source})
 target_link_libraries(buildParser opm-json ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 
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