diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/CMakeLists.txt
index 11b6e866ad8b74c3584f28a537b9aef3c8ee0eab..8b65bdcea6c985712abdb95146aeb2e721f0f9d7 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ if(GEOTIFF_FOUND)
     include_directories(${GEOTIFF_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 endif() # GEOTIFF_FOUND
 
-ogs_add_library(QtDataView ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS} ${UIS})
+ogs_add_library(QtDataView STATIC ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS} ${UIS})
 
 target_link_libraries(QtDataView
                       PUBLIC GeoLib
diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f11fdbc06032e4d120420f0a80329eeddd899df..57815c579026788f6c8b77726da7ac8058dc5ca3 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
                     ${GUI_SOURCE_DIR_REL}/DataView
                     ${GUI_SOURCE_DIR_REL}/VtkModules/Qt)
 
-ogs_add_library(VtkVis ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS} ${UIS})
+ogs_add_library(VtkVis STATIC ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS} ${UIS})
 
 if(GEOTIFF_FOUND)
     include_directories(${GEOTIFF_INCLUDE_DIRS})