diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 9d67853..1f6588c 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 xwim_src = ['main.cpp', 'Xwim.cpp', 'Archiver.cpp']
 xwim_archiver = ['archiver/LibArchiver.cpp']
 
-xwim_libs = [dependency('libarchive', required: true),
-             dependency('fmt', required: true),
-             dependency('spdlog', required: true),
-             dependency('tclap', required: true)]
+is_static = get_option('default_library')=='static'
+
+xwim_libs = [dependency('libarchive', required: true, static: is_static),
+             dependency('fmt', required: true, static: is_static),
+             dependency('spdlog', required: true, static: is_static),
+             dependency('tclap', required: true, static: is_static)]
 
 executable('xwim', xwim_src+xwim_archiver, dependencies: xwim_libs)