diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f2657fc5..f56cd67a 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.0)
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 
-if(UNIX)
-	find_package(Curses REQUIRED)
+option(SHARED_TOXCORE "Build Core as a shared library")
+
+if(WIN32)
+	option(SHARED_LIBSODIUM "Links libsodium as a shared library")
+else()
+	option(USE_NACL "Use NaCl library instead of libsodium")
 endif()
 
-if(NOT WIN32)
-	option(USE_NACL "Use NaCl library instead of libsodium")
+if(UNIX)
+	find_package(Curses REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 if(USE_NACL)
@@ -17,6 +21,12 @@ if(USE_NACL)
 	add_definitions(-DVANILLA_NACL)
 
 	set(LINK_CRYPTO_LIBRARY ${NACL_LIBRARIES})
+else()
+	find_package(SODIUM REQUIRED)
+
+	include_directories(${SODIUM_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+	set(LINK_CRYPTO_LIBRARY ${SODIUM_LIBRARY})
 endif()
 
 #MinGW prints more warnings for -Wall than gcc does, thus causing build to fail
@@ -27,23 +37,13 @@ if(NOT WIN32)
 	endif()
 endif()
 
-if(NOT USE_NACL)
-	find_package(SODIUM REQUIRED)
-	set(LINK_CRYPTO_LIBRARY ${SODIUM_LIBRARY})
-endif()
-
 macro(linkCoreLibraries exe_name)
 	add_dependencies(${exe_name} toxcore)
-	if(WIN32)
-		include_directories(${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY}/sodium/include/)
-		target_link_libraries(${exe_name} toxcore
-		${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sodium/lib/libsodium.a
-			ws2_32)
-	else()
-		include_directories(${SODIUM_INCLUDE_DIR})
-		target_link_libraries(${exe_name} toxcore
-			${LINK_CRYPTO_LIBRARY})
+	target_link_libraries(${exe_name} toxcore
+		${LINK_CRYPTO_LIBRARY})
 
+	if(WIN32)
+		target_link_libraries(${exe_name} ws2_32)
 	endif()
 endmacro()
 
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 483928b0..8c7147fa 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ cd ProjectTox-Core
 mkdir build && cd build
 cmake ..
 ```
+Advance cmake options:
+  - `-DSHARED_TOXCORE=ON` (default `OFF`) — Build Core as a shared library.
+  - `-DUSE_NACL=ON` (default `OFF`) — Use NaCl library instead of libsodium.
+  
 Note that you should call cmake on the root [`CMakeLists.txt`](/CMakeLists.txt) file only.
 
 Then you can build any of the [`/testing`](/testing) and [`/other`](/other) that are currently supported on your platform by running:
@@ -143,6 +147,10 @@ Navigate in `cmd` to this repo and run:
 mkdir build && cd build
 cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" ..
 ```
+Advance cmake options:
+  - `-DSHARED_TOXCORE=ON` (default OFF) — Build Core as a shared library.
+  - `-DSHARED_LIBSODIUM=ON` (default OFF) — Link libsodium as a shared library.
+
 Note that you should call cmake on the root [`CMakeLists.txt`](/CMakeLists.txt) file only.
 
 Then you can build any of the [`/testing`](/testing) and [`/other`](/other) that are currently supported on your platform by running:
diff --git a/cmake/FindSODIUM.cmake b/cmake/FindSODIUM.cmake
index ff9bc27b..2db0f667 100644
--- a/cmake/FindSODIUM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindSODIUM.cmake
@@ -46,10 +46,16 @@ find_path(SODIUM_INCLUDE_DIR
         ${SODIUM_ROOT_DIR}/include
 )
 
+if(SHARED_LIBSODIUM)
+        set(WIN32_LIBSODIUM_FILENAME libsodium.dll.a)
+else()
+        set(WIN32_LIBSODIUM_FILENAME libsodium.a)
+endif()
+
 find_library(SODIUM_LIBRARY
     NAMES
+        ${WIN32_LIBSODIUM_FILENAME}
         sodium
-        libsodium.a
     PATHS
         ${SODIUM_ROOT_DIR}/lib
 )
diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index c7016a49..eacb772c 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.0)
 project(toxcore C)
 
-if(WIN32)
-	include_directories(${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY}/sodium/include/)
-else(WIN32)
-	include_directories(${SODIUM_INCLUDE_DIR})
-endif()
-
 set(core_sources
 	DHT.c
 	network.c
@@ -16,8 +10,13 @@ set(core_sources
 	LAN_discovery.c
 	Messenger.c)
 
-add_library(toxcore SHARED ${core_sources})
-target_link_libraries(toxcore ${SODIUM_LIBRARY})
+if(SHARED_TOXCORE)
+	add_library(toxcore SHARED ${core_sources})
+else()
+	add_library(toxcore ${core_sources})
+endif()
+
+target_link_libraries(toxcore ${LINK_CRYPTO_LIBRARY})
 
 if(WIN32)
 	target_link_libraries(toxcore ws2_32)