diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a317c68e..8f23fc622 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ option(KOMPUTE_OPT_REPO_SUBMODULE_BUILD, "Use the submodule repos instead of ext
 option(KOMPUTE_OPT_ANDOID_BUILD "Enable android compilation flags required" 0)
 option(KOMPUTE_OPT_DISABLE_VK_DEBUG_LAYERS "Explicitly disable debug layers even on debug" 0)
 option(KOMPUTE_OPT_DISABLE_SHADER_UTILS "Remove shader util code and dependencies including glslang" 0)
+option(KOMPUTE_OPT_DEPENDENCIES_SHARED_LIBS "Whether to use shared libraries for dependencies for install" 0)
+option(KOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_AS_SHARED_LIB "Whether to build kompute as shared library" 0)
 # Build flags
 set(KOMPUTE_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS "" CACHE STRING "Extra compile flags for Kompute, see docs for full list")
 
@@ -29,6 +31,10 @@ if(KOMPUTE_OPT_ENABLE_SPDLOG)
     if(KOMPUTE_OPT_INSTALL)
         # Enable install parameters for spdlog (overrides parameters passed)
         set(SPDLOG_INSTALL ON CACHE BOOL "Enables install of spdlot" FORCE)
+
+        if(KOMPUTE_OPT_DEPENDENCIES_SHARED_LIBS)
+            set(SPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED ON CACHE BOOL "Enables build of shared libraries" FORCE)
+        endif()
     endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -54,7 +60,11 @@ if(NOT KOMPUTE_OPT_DISABLE_SHADER_UTILS)
         # Enable install parameters for glslang (overrides parameters passed)
         # When install is enabled the glslang libraries become shared
         set(ENABLE_GLSLANG_INSTALL ON CACHE BOOL "Enables install of glslang" FORCE)
-        set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON CACHE BOOL "Enables build of shared libraries" FORCE)
+
+        # By default we enable shared library based installation
+        if(KOMPUTE_OPT_DEPENDENCIES_SHARED_LIBS)
+            set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON CACHE BOOL "Enables build of shared libraries" FORCE)
+        endif()
     endif()
 else()
     set(KOMPUTE_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS "${KOMPUTE_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS} -DKOMPUTE_DISABLE_SHADER_UTILS=1")
diff --git a/docs/overview/build-system.rst b/docs/overview/build-system.rst
index 620711cc4..cb6933ba4 100644
--- a/docs/overview/build-system.rst
+++ b/docs/overview/build-system.rst
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ This by default configures without any of the extra build tasks (such as buildin
      - Disables the install step in the cmake file (useful for android build)
    * - -DKOMPUTE_OPT_ANDROID_BUILD=1
      - Enables android build which includes and excludes relevant libraries
+   * - -DKOMPUTE_OPT_DEPENDENCIES_SHARED_LIBS=1
+     - Ensures dependencies are referenced as shared libraries for kompute install
+   * - -DKOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_AS_SHARED_LIB=1
+     - Whether to build Kompute as shared lib instead of static
 
 
 Compile Flags
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 950f95896..102d9527d 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,9 +39,15 @@ if(KOMPUTE_OPT_ANDOID_BUILD)
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vk_ndk_wrapper_include/kompute_vk_ndk_wrapper.cpp)
 endif()
 
-add_library(
-    kompute STATIC
-    ${kompute_CPP})
+if(NOT KOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_AS_SHARED_LIB)
+    add_library(
+        kompute STATIC
+        ${kompute_CPP})
+else()
+    add_library(
+        kompute SHARED
+        ${kompute_CPP})
+endif()
 
 target_include_directories(
     kompute PUBLIC