diff --git a/clang/tools/libclang/CMakeLists.txt b/clang/tools/libclang/CMakeLists.txt
index 9368501592a927..bb2b14cc8e272c 100644
--- a/clang/tools/libclang/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang/tools/libclang/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ if(MSVC)
   set(LLVM_EXPORTED_SYMBOL_FILE)
 endif()
 
-if(LLVM_ENABLE_PIC)
+if(LLVM_ENABLE_PIC OR NOT LIBCLANG_BUILD_STATIC)
   set(ENABLE_SHARED SHARED)
 endif()