diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 62d349ae..8288d933 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -424,9 +424,13 @@ if(WIN32)
         # Disable __declspec(dllimport) when linking against static liblzma.
         target_compile_definitions(liblzma INTERFACE LZMA_API_STATIC)
     endif()
-elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+elseif(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
     # GNU/Linux-specific symbol versioning for shared liblzma.
-    # Note that adding link options doesn't affect static builds.
+    # Note that adding link options doesn't affect static builds
+    # but HAVE_SYMBOL_VERSIONS_LINUX must not be used with static builds
+    # because it would put symbol versions into the static library which
+    # can cause problems. It's clearer if all symver related things are
+    # omitted when not building a shared library.
     target_compile_definitions(liblzma PRIVATE HAVE_SYMBOL_VERSIONS_LINUX)
     target_link_options(liblzma PRIVATE
         "-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/liblzma/liblzma_linux.map"
@@ -434,7 +438,7 @@ elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
     set_target_properties(liblzma PROPERTIES
         LINK_DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/liblzma/liblzma_linux.map"
     )
-elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
+elseif(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
     # Symbol versioning for shared liblzma for non-GNU/Linux.
     # FIXME? What about Solaris?
     target_link_options(liblzma PRIVATE