diff --git a/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index eb21b8b325..5d514ccb2e 100644
--- a/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -152,11 +152,17 @@ if (ZSTD_BUILD_STATIC)
     add_definition(libzstd_static ZDICTLIB_STATIC_API)
 endif ()
 if (ZSTD_BUILD_SHARED AND NOT ZSTD_BUILD_STATIC)
+    if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+        message(WARNING "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is OFF, but ZSTD_BUILD_SHARED is ON and ZSTD_BUILD_STATIC is OFF, which takes precedence, so libzstd is a shared library")
+    endif ()
     add_library(libzstd INTERFACE)
     target_link_libraries(libzstd INTERFACE libzstd_shared)
     list(APPEND library_targets libzstd)
 endif ()
 if (ZSTD_BUILD_STATIC AND NOT ZSTD_BUILD_SHARED)
+    if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+        message(WARNING "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is ON, but ZSTD_BUILD_SHARED is OFF and ZSTD_BUILD_STATIC is ON, which takes precedence, is set so libzstd is a static library")
+    endif ()
     add_library(libzstd INTERFACE)
     target_link_libraries(libzstd INTERFACE libzstd_static)
     list(APPEND library_targets libzstd)