diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 13b7f5af85a..846ad1e25d6 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ add_llvm_tool_subdirectory(llvm-c-test)
 add_llvm_tool_subdirectory(obj2yaml)
 add_llvm_tool_subdirectory(yaml2obj)
 
-if( NOT CYGWIN )
+if(NOT CYGWIN AND LLVM_ENABLE_PIC)
   add_llvm_tool_subdirectory(lto)
   add_llvm_tool_subdirectory(llvm-lto)
 else()
diff --git a/tools/lto/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/lto/CMakeLists.txt
index 542053bf652..71391b7cf5f 100644
--- a/tools/lto/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/lto/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ set(SOURCES
 
 set(LLVM_EXPORTED_SYMBOL_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lto.exports)
 
-if(NOT CYGWIN AND LLVM_ENABLE_PIC)
-  set(ENABLE_SHARED SHARED)
-endif()
-
-add_llvm_library(LTO ${ENABLE_SHARED} STATIC ${SOURCES})
+add_llvm_library(LTO SHARED ${SOURCES})
 
 install(FILES ${LLVM_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/llvm-c/lto.h
   DESTINATION include/llvm-c)