diff --git a/xmpsdk/CMakeLists.txt b/xmpsdk/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b1be4af..9c148a61 100644
--- a/xmpsdk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/xmpsdk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-add_library(exiv2-xmp STATIC
+add_library(exiv2-xmp OBJECT
     src/ExpatAdapter.cpp
     src/MD5.cpp
     src/ParseRDF.cpp