diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a617eed5c..ff85c48f8 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ add_library(digidocpp_tsl STATIC
 )
 
 set_target_properties(digidocpp_util digidocpp_tsl PROPERTIES
-    COMPILE_DEFINITIONS digidocpp_EXPORTS
     POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE YES
 )
+target_compile_definitions(digidocpp_tsl PRIVATE $<IF:$<BOOL:${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}>,digidocpp_EXPORTS,digidocpp_STATIC>)
+target_compile_definitions(digidocpp_util PRIVATE $<IF:$<BOOL:${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}>,digidocpp_EXPORTS,digidocpp_STATIC>)
 
 target_include_directories(digidocpp_tsl PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>)
 
@@ -261,8 +262,9 @@ if(SWIG_FOUND)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-if(NOT ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
+if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     set(STATIC_TARGETS minizip digidocpp_tsl digidocpp_util)
+    target_compile_definitions(digidocpp PUBLIC digidocpp_STATIC)
 endif()
 
 install(TARGETS digidocpp ${STATIC_TARGETS}
@@ -398,9 +400,6 @@ if( FRAMEWORK )
         COMMAND zip -r ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/libdigidocpp-dbg_${VERSION}$ENV{VER_SUFFIX}.zip libdigidocpp.dSYM
     )
 else()
-    if(NOT ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
-        install( TARGETS minizip digidocpp_tsl digidocpp_util DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} )
-    endif()
     if( BUILD_TOOLS )
         install( TARGETS digidoc-tool DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} )
         install( FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/digidoc-tool.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1 )
diff --git a/src/Exports.h b/src/Exports.h
index 6bbc7bb85..e1466ef66 100644
--- a/src/Exports.h
+++ b/src/Exports.h
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 
 #ifdef WIN32
   #include <winapifamily.h>
-  #ifdef digidocpp_EXPORTS
+  #ifdef digidocpp_STATIC
+    #define DIGIDOCPP_EXPORT
+  #elifdef digidocpp_EXPORTS
     #define DIGIDOCPP_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
   #else
     #define DIGIDOCPP_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)