diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bad1959..f88ca85 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ include(CTest)
 include(GenerateExportHeader)
 
 set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX "") # we don't want CMake to prepend "lib" to our libraries, we prefer adding that ourselves
+set(CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX "")
 
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
 	set(NECROLOG_WARNING_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wshadow -Wcast-align -Wunused -Wpedantic -Wconversion -Wsign-conversion -Wmisleading-indentation -Wdouble-promotion -Wformat=2 -Wimplicit-fallthrough -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wold-style-cast -Woverloaded-virtual")