diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0dec189626..c69372983b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ install(
   RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
   LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
   ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-if (MSVC)
+if (MSVC AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   install(FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE:libtesseract> DESTINATION bin OPTIONAL)
 endif()
 install(