diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b008510f2..d7ac4eb17 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,13 +58,20 @@ option(FINUFFT_ENABLE_SANITIZERS "Whether to enable sanitizers, only effective f
 option(FINUFFT_USE_OPENMP "Whether to use OpenMP for parallelization. If disabled, the finufft library will be single threaded. This does not affect the choice of FFTW library." ON)
 option(FINUFFT_USE_CUDA "Whether to build CUDA accelerated FINUFFT library (libcufinufft). This is completely independent of the main FINUFFT library" OFF)
 option(FINUFFT_USE_CPU "Whether to build the ordinary FINUFFT library (libfinufft)." ON)
-option(FINUFFT_STATIC_LINKING "Whether to link the static FINUFFT library (libfinufft_static)." ON)
+option(FINUFFT_STATIC_LINKING "Whether to build the static FINUFFT library." ON)
 option(FINUFFT_BUILD_DEVEL "Whether to build development executables" OFF)
 option(FINUFFT_USE_DUCC0 "Whether to use DUCC0 (instead of FFTW) for CPU FFTs" OFF)
 option(FINUFFT_BUILD_DEVEL "Whether to build developement executables" OFF)
 option(FINUFFT_ENABLE_INSTALL "Whether to enable installation of FINUFFT library" ON)
 # sphinx tag (don't remove): @cmake_opts_end
 
+
+if (NOT FINUFFT_STATIC_LINKING)
+    set (FINUFFT_SHARED_LINKING ON)
+else ()
+    set (FINUFFT_SHARED_LINKING OFF)
+endif ()
+
 if (FINUFFT_USE_CPU)
     # suppress Windows warnings about "unsafe" functions
     if (WIN32)
@@ -144,23 +151,17 @@ endfunction()
 
 # Utility function to link static/dynamic lib
 function(finufft_link_test target)
-
     if (FINUFFT_USE_DUCC0)
         target_compile_definitions(${target} PRIVATE FINUFFT_USE_DUCC0)
     endif ()
-
-    if (FINUFFT_STATIC_LINKING)
-        target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE finufft_static)
-        if(FINUFFT_USE_OPENMP)
-            target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
-            if(WIN32)
-                target_link_options(${target} PRIVATE ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS})
-            endif()
-        endif()
-    else()
-        target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE finufft)
+    target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE finufft)
+    if(FINUFFT_USE_OPENMP)
+        target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
         if(WIN32)
-            target_compile_definitions(${target} PRIVATE FINUFFT_DLL)
+            target_link_options(${target} PRIVATE ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS})
+            if (FINUFFT_SHARED_LINKING)
+                target_compile_definitions(${target} PRIVATE FINUFFT_DLL)
+            endif()
         endif()
     endif()
     enable_asan(${target})
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ endfunction()
 
 # Utility function to set finufft compilation options.
 function(set_finufft_options target)
-    set_property(TARGET ${target} PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+    set_property(TARGET ${target} PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ${FINUFFT_SHARED_LINKING})
     target_compile_features(${target} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
     enable_asan(${target})
@@ -210,8 +211,6 @@ function(set_finufft_options target)
             target_include_directories(${target} PUBLIC ${FFTW_INCLUDE_DIR})
         endif ()
     endif ()
-#    target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE xsimd)
-#    target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC ${FINUFFT_FFTW_LIBRARIES})
 endfunction()
 
 if (FINUFFT_USE_CPU)
@@ -223,37 +222,32 @@ if (FINUFFT_USE_CPU)
 
     add_library(finufft_f32 OBJECT ${FINUFFT_PRECISION_DEPENDENT_SOURCES})
     target_compile_definitions(finufft_f32 PRIVATE SINGLE)
+    if (WIN32 AND FINUFFT_SHARED_LINKING)
+        target_compile_definitions(finufft_f32 PRIVATE dll_EXPORTS FINUFFT_DLL)
+    endif ()
     set_finufft_options(finufft_f32)
     target_link_libraries(finufft_f32 PUBLIC ${FINUFFT_FFTLIBS})
     target_link_libraries(finufft_f32 PRIVATE xsimd)
 
     add_library(finufft_f64 OBJECT ${FINUFFT_PRECISION_DEPENDENT_SOURCES})
     target_compile_definitions(finufft_f64 PRIVATE)
+    if (WIN32 AND FINUFFT_SHARED_LINKING)
+        target_compile_definitions(finufft_f64 PRIVATE dll_EXPORTS FINUFFT_DLL)
+    endif ()
     set_finufft_options(finufft_f64)
     target_link_libraries(finufft_f64 PUBLIC ${FINUFFT_FFTLIBS})
     target_link_libraries(finufft_f64 PRIVATE xsimd)
-    if (WIN32)
-        add_library(finufft_f32_dll OBJECT ${FINUFFT_PRECISION_DEPENDENT_SOURCES})
-        target_compile_definitions(finufft_f32_dll PRIVATE SINGLE dll_EXPORTS FINUFFT_DLL)
-        set_finufft_options(finufft_f32_dll)
-        target_link_libraries(finufft_f32_dll PUBLIC ${FINUFFT_FFTLIBS})
-        target_link_libraries(finufft_f32_dll PRIVATE xsimd)
-
-        add_library(finufft_f64_dll OBJECT ${FINUFFT_PRECISION_DEPENDENT_SOURCES})
-        target_compile_definitions(finufft_f64_dll PRIVATE dll_EXPORTS FINUFFT_DLL)
-        set_finufft_options(finufft_f64_dll)
-        target_link_libraries(finufft_f64_dll PUBLIC ${FINUFFT_FFTLIBS})
-        target_link_libraries(finufft_f64_dll PRIVATE xsimd)
-    endif ()
-
-    add_library(finufft SHARED src/utils_precindep.cpp contrib/legendre_rule_fast.cpp)
-    target_compile_definitions(finufft PRIVATE dll_EXPORTS FINUFFT_DLL)
+    if (FINUFFT_SHARED_LINKING)
+        add_library(finufft SHARED src/utils_precindep.cpp contrib/legendre_rule_fast.cpp)
+        if (WIN32)
+            target_compile_definitions(finufft PRIVATE dll_EXPORTS FINUFFT_DLL)
+        endif()
+    else()
+        add_library(finufft STATIC src/utils_precindep.cpp contrib/legendre_rule_fast.cpp)
+    endif()
+    target_link_libraries(finufft PRIVATE finufft_f32 finufft_f64)
     set_finufft_options(finufft)
-    if (NOT WIN32)
-        target_link_libraries(finufft PUBLIC finufft_f32 finufft_f64)
-    else ()
-        target_link_libraries(finufft PUBLIC finufft_f32_dll finufft_f64_dll)
-    endif ()
+
     # windows does not have a math library, so we need to exclude it
     if (NOT WIN32)
         target_link_libraries(finufft PUBLIC m)
@@ -261,21 +255,11 @@ if (FINUFFT_USE_CPU)
     target_include_directories(finufft PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>)
     target_include_directories(finufft SYSTEM INTERFACE $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include>)
 
-    add_library(finufft_static STATIC src/utils_precindep.cpp contrib/legendre_rule_fast.cpp)
-    set_finufft_options(finufft_static)
-    target_link_libraries(finufft_static PUBLIC finufft_f32 finufft_f64)
-    # windows does not have a math library, so we need to exclude it
-    if (NOT WIN32)
-        target_link_libraries(finufft_static PUBLIC m)
-    endif ()
-    target_include_directories(finufft_static PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>)
-    target_include_directories(finufft_static SYSTEM INTERFACE $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include>)
-
     if (FINUFFT_ENABLE_INSTALL)
         file(GLOB FINUFFT_PUBLIC_HEADERS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/finufft*.h")
         set_target_properties(finufft PROPERTIES PUBLIC_HEADER "${FINUFFT_PUBLIC_HEADERS}")
     endif()
-    list(APPEND INSTALL_TARGETS finufft finufft_static)
+    list(APPEND INSTALL_TARGETS finufft)
 endif ()
 
 if (FINUFFT_USE_CUDA)
@@ -291,7 +275,7 @@ if (FINUFFT_USE_CUDA)
         add_subdirectory(perftest/cuda)
     endif ()
 
-    list(APPEND INSTALL_TARGETS cufinufft cufinufft_static)
+    list(APPEND INSTALL_TARGETS cufinufft)
 endif ()
 
 # Add tests defined in their own directory
@@ -343,11 +327,7 @@ message(STATUS "  FINUFFT_FFTW_LIBRARIES: ${FINUFFT_FFTW_LIBRARIES}")
 message(STATUS "  FINUFFT_ARCH_FLAGS: ${FINUFFT_ARCH_FLAGS}")
 
 if (FINUFFT_USE_CPU)
-    if (FINUFFT_STATIC_LINKING)
-        get_target_property(FINUFFT_COMPILE_OPTIONS finufft_static COMPILE_OPTIONS)
-    else ()
-        get_target_property(FINUFFT_COMPILE_OPTIONS finufft COMPILE_OPTIONS)
-    endif ()
+    get_target_property(FINUFFT_COMPILE_OPTIONS finufft COMPILE_OPTIONS)
     message("Compile options for finufft: ${MY_COMPILE_OPTIONS}")
 endif ()
 
diff --git a/cmake/setupFFTW.cmake b/cmake/setupFFTW.cmake
index 5f0666ee8..bade5f322 100644
--- a/cmake/setupFFTW.cmake
+++ b/cmake/setupFFTW.cmake
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if (FINUFFT_FFTW_LIBRARIES STREQUAL DEFAULT OR FINUFFT_FFTW_LIBRARIES STREQUAL D
             endif ()
             
             foreach (element IN LISTS FINUFFT_FFTW_LIBRARIES)
-                set_property(TARGET ${element} PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+                set_property(TARGET ${element} PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ${FINUFFT_SHARED_LINKING})
             endforeach ()
 
     else ()
diff --git a/examples/cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index 6bcf5f04d..0c9dba361 100644
--- a/examples/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ foreach(srcfile ${example_src})
   get_filename_component(executable ${executable} NAME)
   add_executable(${executable} ${srcfile})
   target_include_directories(${executable} PUBLIC ${CUFINUFFT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  target_link_libraries(${executable} cufinufft_static)
+  target_link_libraries(${executable} cufinufft)
 endforeach()
diff --git a/python/finufft/pyproject.toml b/python/finufft/pyproject.toml
index f9c74fc75..4a61967ca 100644
--- a/python/finufft/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/finufft/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
 # Tell skbuild to look for the CMakeLists.txt file two directories up.
 cmake.source-dir = "../../"
 cmake.targets = ["finufft"]
-cmake.define = {"FINUFFT_BUILD_PYTHON" = "ON", "FINUFFT_ENABLE_INSTALL" = "OFF"}
+cmake.define = {"FINUFFT_BUILD_PYTHON" = "ON", "FINUFFT_ENABLE_INSTALL" = "OFF", "FINUFFT_STATIC_LINKING" = "OFF"}
 
 wheel.packages = ["finufft"]
 
diff --git a/src/cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index 62d6c901c..c9f13344d 100644
--- a/src/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,21 +4,21 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION ON)
 
 set(PRECISION_INDEPENDENT_SRC precision_independent.cu utils.cpp
-  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/legendre_rule_fast.cpp)
+        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/legendre_rule_fast.cpp)
 set(PRECISION_DEPENDENT_SRC
-  spreadinterp.cpp
-  1d/cufinufft1d.cu 1d/spread1d_wrapper.cu 1d/interp1d_wrapper.cu
-  2d/cufinufft2d.cu 2d/spread2d_wrapper.cu 2d/interp2d_wrapper.cu
-  3d/spread3d_wrapper.cu 3d/interp3d_wrapper.cu 3d/cufinufft3d.cu
-  memtransfer_wrapper.cu deconvolve_wrapper.cu cufinufft.cu common.cu
+        spreadinterp.cpp
+        1d/cufinufft1d.cu 1d/spread1d_wrapper.cu 1d/interp1d_wrapper.cu
+        2d/cufinufft2d.cu 2d/spread2d_wrapper.cu 2d/interp2d_wrapper.cu
+        3d/spread3d_wrapper.cu 3d/interp3d_wrapper.cu 3d/cufinufft3d.cu
+        memtransfer_wrapper.cu deconvolve_wrapper.cu cufinufft.cu common.cu
 )
 
 set(CUFINUFFT_INCLUDE_DIRS
-  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:CUDA::cudart,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:CUDA::cufft,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:CUDA::nvToolsExt,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
+        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
+        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib
+        $<TARGET_PROPERTY:CUDA::cudart,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
+        $<TARGET_PROPERTY:CUDA::cufft,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
+        $<TARGET_PROPERTY:CUDA::nvToolsExt,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
 )
 set(CUFINUFFT_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CUFINUFFT_INCLUDE_DIRS} PARENT_SCOPE)
 
@@ -30,29 +30,31 @@ add_library(cufinufft_objects OBJECT ${PRECISION_DEPENDENT_SRC})
 target_include_directories(cufinufft_objects PUBLIC ${CUFINUFFT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 set_property(TARGET cufinufft_objects PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
-add_library(cufinufft SHARED
-  $<TARGET_OBJECTS:cufinufft_common_objects>
-  $<TARGET_OBJECTS:cufinufft_objects>
-)
-target_link_libraries(cufinufft CUDA::cudart CUDA::cufft CUDA::nvToolsExt)
-set_target_properties(
-  cufinufft PROPERTIES
-  LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
-)
-
-add_library(cufinufft_static STATIC
-  $<TARGET_OBJECTS:cufinufft_common_objects>
-  $<TARGET_OBJECTS:cufinufft_objects>
-)
-if(WIN32)
-  target_link_libraries(cufinufft_static PUBLIC CUDA::cudart CUDA::cufft CUDA::nvToolsExt)
-else()
-  target_link_libraries(cufinufft_static PUBLIC CUDA::cudart_static CUDA::cufft_static CUDA::nvToolsExt)
-endif()
-set_target_properties(
-  cufinufft_static PROPERTIES
-  ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
-)
+if (FINUFFT_SHARED_LINKING)
+    add_library(cufinufft SHARED
+            $<TARGET_OBJECTS:cufinufft_common_objects>
+            $<TARGET_OBJECTS:cufinufft_objects>
+    )
+    set_target_properties(
+            cufinufft PROPERTIES
+            LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
+    )
+else ()
+    add_library(cufinufft STATIC
+            $<TARGET_OBJECTS:cufinufft_common_objects>
+            $<TARGET_OBJECTS:cufinufft_objects>
+    )
+    set_target_properties(
+            cufinufft PROPERTIES
+            ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
+    )
+endif ()
+
+if (WIN32)
+    target_link_libraries(cufinufft PUBLIC CUDA::cudart CUDA::cufft CUDA::nvToolsExt)
+else ()
+    target_link_libraries(cufinufft PUBLIC CUDA::cudart_static CUDA::cufft_static CUDA::nvToolsExt)
+endif ()
 
 file(GLOB CUFINUFFT_PUBLIC_HEADERS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include/cufinufft*.h")
 set_target_properties(cufinufft PROPERTIES PUBLIC_HEADER "${CUFINUFFT_PUBLIC_HEADERS}")