diff --git a/TomahawkAddPlugin.cmake b/TomahawkAddPlugin.cmake
index 183c126a7..af7d65fee 100644
--- a/TomahawkAddPlugin.cmake
+++ b/TomahawkAddPlugin.cmake
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include( ${TOMAHAWK_CMAKE_DIR}/TomahawkAddLibrary.cmake )
 function(tomahawk_add_plugin)
     # parse arguments (name needs to be saved before passing ARGN into the macro)
     set(NAME ${ARGV0})
-    set(options NO_INSTALL)
+    set(options NO_INSTALL SHARED_LIB)
     set(oneValueArgs NAME TYPE EXPORT_MACRO)
     set(multiValueArgs SOURCES UI LINK_LIBRARIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
     cmake_parse_arguments(PLUGIN "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})