diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index da8cb735..63ef8dac 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ if(NOT (EMSCRIPTEN OR ANDROID))
     set(GLFW_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "")
     set(GLFW_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "")
     set(GLFW_BUILD_DOCS OFF CACHE BOOL "")
-    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON CACHE BOOL "")
     add_subdirectory(deps/glfw glfw)
     include_directories(deps/glfw/include)
     set(LOVR_GLFW glfw ${GLFW_LIBRARIES})