diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmInstall.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmInstall.cmake
index 94bb0a984..408df41df 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmInstall.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmInstall.cmake
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ macro (opm_install opm)
   endif (SYSTEM_DEBUG)
   # static libraries don't have their debug info stripped, so there is
   # only a separate file when we are building shared objects
-  if (${opm}_LIBRARY_TYPE STREQUAL "SHARED")
+  if (${opm}_LIBRARY_TYPE STREQUAL "SHARED" AND ${opm}_TARGET)
 	install (
 	  FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${${opm}_DEBUG}
 	  DESTINATION ${_dbg_prefix}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
 	  )
-  endif (${opm}_LIBRARY_TYPE STREQUAL "SHARED")
+  endif (${opm}_LIBRARY_TYPE STREQUAL "SHARED" AND ${opm}_TARGET)
   install (
 	FILES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/dune.module
 	DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR_NOARCH}/dunecontrol/${${opm}_NAME}