diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
index 722cb52a0d1..743f49f9890 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function(qtc_source_dir varName)
 endfunction()
 
 function(add_qtc_library name)
-  cmake_parse_arguments(_arg "STATIC;OBJECT;SKIP_TRANSLATION;ALLOW_ASCII_CASTS;FEATURE_INFO;SKIP_PCH"
+  cmake_parse_arguments(_arg "STATIC;OBJECT;SHARED;SKIP_TRANSLATION;ALLOW_ASCII_CASTS;FEATURE_INFO;SKIP_PCH"
     "DESTINATION;COMPONENT;SOURCES_PREFIX;BUILD_DEFAULT"
     "CONDITION;DEPENDS;PUBLIC_DEPENDS;DEFINES;PUBLIC_DEFINES;INCLUDES;PUBLIC_INCLUDES;SOURCES;EXPLICIT_MOC;SKIP_AUTOMOC;EXTRA_TRANSLATIONS;PROPERTIES" ${ARGN}
   )
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function(add_qtc_library name)
   endif()
 
   set(library_type SHARED)
-  if (_arg_STATIC OR QTC_STATIC_BUILD)
+  if (_arg_STATIC OR (QTC_STATIC_BUILD AND NOT _arg_SHARED))
     set(library_type STATIC)
   endif()
   if (_arg_OBJECT)
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ function(add_qtc_library name)
     set(COMPONENT_OPTION "COMPONENT" "${_arg_COMPONENT}")
   endif()
 
-  if (NOT QTC_STATIC_BUILD)
+  if (NOT QTC_STATIC_BUILD OR _arg_SHARED)
     install(TARGETS ${name}
       EXPORT QtCreator
       RUNTIME
diff --git a/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/CMakeLists.txt
index bf3d1c0989d..334d226af4d 100644
--- a/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if (CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
   set(ArchSuffix 64)
 endif()
 
-add_qtc_library(qtcreatorcdbext
+add_qtc_library(qtcreatorcdbext SHARED
   COMPONENT qtcreatorcdbext
   DEPENDS ${DbgEngLib}
   DESTINATION lib/qtcreatorcdbext${ArchSuffix}/
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/CMakeLists.txt b/src/shared/proparser/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a8404af7af..0277795a603 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-add_qtc_library(ProParser SHARED
+add_qtc_library(ProParser
   DEPENDS Qt5::Core Utils
   PUBLIC_DEFINES
     QMAKE_BUILTIN_PRFS QMAKE_OVERRIDE_PRFS