diff --git a/cmake/compileroptions.cmake b/cmake/compileroptions.cmake
index 4112ddd2418..58cbfdfbe6c 100644
--- a/cmake/compileroptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compileroptions.cmake
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function(target_dll_compile_definitions TARGET)
     endif()
 
 
-    if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND MSVC)
+    if ((BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OR BUILD_CORE_DLL) AND MSVC)
         if(PARSE_EXPORT)
             target_compile_definitions(${TARGET} PRIVATE ${PARSE_EXPORT})
         endif()
diff --git a/cmake/options.cmake b/cmake/options.cmake
index 5765f9a9595..efc44be2b62 100644
--- a/cmake/options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/options.cmake
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 option(BUILD_CORE_DLL       "Build lib as cppcheck-core.dll with Visual Studio"             OFF)
-if(BUILD_CORE_DLL AND NOT MSVC)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Building of lib as DLL is only supported with Visual Studio")
-endif()
 option(BUILD_TESTS          "Build tests"                                                   OFF)
 option(REGISTER_TESTS       "Register tests in CTest"                                       ON)
 option(ENABLE_CHECK_INTERNAL "Enable internal checks"                                       OFF)
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index d7a94de352e..a38102ae586 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+if(BUILD_CORE_DLL)
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS On)
+endif()
+
 file(GLOB_RECURSE hdrs "*.h")
 file(GLOB_RECURSE srcs "*.cpp")
 
@@ -62,3 +66,9 @@ endif()
 if (NOT CMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS)
     target_precompile_headers(cppcheck-core PRIVATE precompiled.h)
 endif()
+
+if(BUILD_CORE_DLL)
+    install(TARGETS cppcheck-core
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}
+        COMPONENT applications)
+endif()