diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2b6a55b3..848d19e5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ install:
 
 env:
   - ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="64" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib"   BOOST="boost" BOOST_INC="/usr/local/boost"
-  - ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST=""
+  - ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST=""      BOOST_INC=""
   - ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="64" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib"   BOOST="boost" BOOST_INC="/usr/local/boost"
-  - ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST=""
-  - ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="64" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib"   BOOST=""
+  - ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST=""      BOOST_INC=""                 SHARED="OFF"
+  - ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="64" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib"   BOOST=""      BOOST_INC=""
   - ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST="boost" BOOST_INC="/usr/local/boost"
-  - ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="64" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib"   BOOST=""
-  - ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST="boost" BOOST_INC="/usr/local/boost"
+  - ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="64" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib"   BOOST=""      BOOST_INC=""
+  - ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST="boost" BOOST_INC="/usr/local/boost" SHARED="OFF"
 
 before_script:
  - export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH && rm -rf install
@@ -53,39 +53,39 @@ matrix:
     - os: osx
       compiler: gcc
     - os: osx
-      env: ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST=""
+      env: ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST=""      BOOST_INC=""
     - os: osx
-      env: ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST=""
+      env: ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST=""      BOOST_INC=""                 SHARED="OFF"
     - os: osx
       env: ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST="boost" BOOST_INC="/usr/local/boost"
     - os: osx
-      env: ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST="boost" BOOST_INC="/usr/local/boost"
+      env: ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST="boost" BOOST_INC="/usr/local/boost" SHARED="OFF"
 
     - os: linux
       compiler: gcc
       env: ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="64" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib"   BOOST="boost" BOOST_INC="/usr/local/boost"
     - os: linux
       compiler: gcc
-      env: ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST=""
+      env: ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST=""      BOOST_INC=""
     - os: linux
       compiler: gcc
       env: ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="64" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib"   BOOST="boost" BOOST_INC="/usr/local/boost"
     - os: linux
       compiler: gcc
-      env: ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST=""
+      env: ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST=""      BOOST_INC=""                 SHARED="OFF"
 
     - os: linux
       compiler: clang
-      env: ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="64" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib"   BOOST=""
+      env: ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="64" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib"   BOOST=""      BOOST_INC=""
     - os: linux
       compiler: clang
       env: ACTION="ci/build_autotools.sh" VERSION="cpp11" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST="boost" BOOST_INC="/usr/local/boost"
     - os: linux
       compiler: clang
-      env: ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="64" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib"   BOOST=""
+      env: ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="64" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib"   BOOST=""      BOOST_INC=""
     - os: linux
       compiler: clang
-      env: ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST="boost" BOOST_INC="/usr/local/boost"
+      env: ACTION="ci/build_cmake.sh"     VERSION="cpp03" ARCH="32" LIBPATH="/usr/local/lib32" BOOST="boost" BOOST_INC="/usr/local/boost" SHARED="OFF"
 
 script:
   - git clean -xdf && CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=${LIBPATH} ${ACTION} ${VERSION} ${ARCH} ${BOOST} ${BOOST_INC}
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7665674f..853a359b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ IF (GTEST_FOUND AND ZLIB_FOUND AND THREADS_FOUND)
 ENDIF ()
 
 OPTION (MSGPACK_ENABLE_CXX "Enable C++ interface." ON)
+OPTION (MSGPACK_ENABLE_SHARED "Build shared libaries in addition to static libraries." ON)
 
 INCLUDE (CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
 CHECK_CXX_SOURCE_COMPILES ("
@@ -227,10 +228,12 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/
 )
 
-ADD_LIBRARY (msgpack SHARED
-    ${msgpack_SOURCES}
-    ${msgpack_HEADERS}
-)
+IF (MSGPACK_ENABLE_SHARED)
+    ADD_LIBRARY (msgpack SHARED
+        ${msgpack_SOURCES}
+        ${msgpack_HEADERS}
+    )
+ENDIF ()
 
 ADD_LIBRARY (msgpack-static STATIC
     ${msgpack_SOURCES}
@@ -238,8 +241,10 @@ ADD_LIBRARY (msgpack-static STATIC
 )
 
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES (msgpack-static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "msgpack")
-SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES (msgpack PROPERTIES IMPORT_SUFFIX "_import.lib")
-SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES (msgpack PROPERTIES SOVERSION 3 VERSION 4.0.0)
+IF (MSGPACK_ENABLE_SHARED)
+    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES (msgpack PROPERTIES IMPORT_SUFFIX "_import.lib")
+    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES (msgpack PROPERTIES SOVERSION 3 VERSION 4.0.0)
+ENDIF ()
 
 IF (MSGPACK_BUILD_TESTS)
     ENABLE_TESTING ()
@@ -251,7 +256,9 @@ IF (MSGPACK_BUILD_TESTS)
 ENDIF ()
 
 IF ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang" OR "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
-    SET_PROPERTY (TARGET msgpack APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Wno-mismatched-tags -Werror -g -O3 -DPIC")
+    IF (MSGPACK_ENABLE_SHARED)
+        SET_PROPERTY (TARGET msgpack APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Wno-mismatched-tags -Werror -g -O3 -DPIC")
+    ENDIF ()
     SET_PROPERTY (TARGET msgpack-static APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Wno-mismatched-tags -Werror -g -O3" )
 ENDIF ()
 IF ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
@@ -272,7 +279,13 @@ ENDIF ()
 
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY (example)
 
-INSTALL (TARGETS msgpack msgpack-static DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+IF (MSGPACK_ENABLE_SHARED)
+    SET (MSGPACK_INSTALLTARGETS msgpack msgpack-static)
+ELSE()
+    SET (MSGPACK_INSTALLTARGETS msgpack-static)
+ENDIF ()
+
+INSTALL (TARGETS ${MSGPACK_INSTALLTARGETS} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 INSTALL (DIRECTORY include DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 IF (NOT MSVC)
     INSTALL (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/msgpack.pc DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
diff --git a/ci/build_cmake.sh b/ci/build_cmake.sh
index 1fca59c8..4f9505e7 100755
--- a/ci/build_cmake.sh
+++ b/ci/build_cmake.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ else
     boost_dir=""
 fi
 
-cmake $cpp11 $bit32 $boost $boost_dir ..
+if [ "$5" = "OFF" ]
+then
+    shared="-DMSGPACK_ENABLE_SHARED=OFF"
+else
+    shared=""
+fi
+
+cmake $cpp11 $bit32 $boost $boost_dir $shared ..
 
 ret=$?
 if [ $ret -ne 0 ]
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index c05084f0..9dcbb107 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ IF (MSGPACK_CXX11)
     )
 ENDIF ()
 
+IF (MSGPACK_ENABLE_SHARED)
+    SET (MSGPACK_TEST_LIB msgpack)
+ELSE ()
+    SET (MSGPACK_TEST_LIB msgpack-static)
+ENDIF ()
+
 FOREACH (source_file ${check_PROGRAMS})
     GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT (source_file_we ${source_file} NAME_WE)
     ADD_EXECUTABLE (
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ FOREACH (source_file ${check_PROGRAMS})
         ${source_file}
     )
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (${source_file_we}
-        msgpack
+        ${MSGPACK_TEST_LIB}
         ${GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES}
         ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
         ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}