diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f2874762..f02ec661 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ if(NOT SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL AND NOT SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL_HO)
     list(APPEND SPDLOG_SRCS src/fmt.cpp)
 endif()
 
-if(SPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED)
+if(SPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED OR BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     if(WIN32)
         configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/version.rc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.rc @ONLY)
         list(APPEND SPDLOG_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.rc)
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index c7b12bae..66ea5639 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -4,51 +4,51 @@ environment:
   matrix:
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 14 2015"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Debug
+      BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
       WCHAR: 'OFF'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
-      BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
       BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 14 2015"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Release
+      BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
       WCHAR: 'ON'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
-      BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
       BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Debug
+      BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
       WCHAR: 'ON'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
-      BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
       BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Release
+      BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
       WCHAR: 'ON'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
-      BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
       BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Debug
+      BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
       WCHAR: 'ON'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
-      BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
       BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Release
+      BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
       WCHAR: 'OFF'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
-      BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
       BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Release
-      WCHAR: 'OFF'
-      WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
       BUILD_SHARED: 'ON'
+      WCHAR: 'OFF'
+      WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
       BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Release
+      BUILD_SHARED: 'ON'
       WCHAR: 'ON'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'ON'
-      BUILD_SHARED: 'ON'
       BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'OFF'
 build_script:
   - cmd: >-
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ build_script:
 
       set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin
 
-      cmake .. -G %GENERATOR% -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%BUILD_TYPE% -DSPDLOG_WCHAR_SUPPORT=%WCHAR% -DSPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES=%WCHAR_FILES% -DSPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED=%BUILD_SHARED% -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=%BUILD_EXAMPLE% -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO=%BUILD_EXAMPLE% -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS_HO=OFF -DSPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS=ON
+      cmake -G %GENERATOR% -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%BUILD_TYPE% -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=%BUILD_SHARED% -D SPDLOG_WCHAR_SUPPORT=%WCHAR% -D SPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES=%WCHAR_FILES% -D SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=%BUILD_EXAMPLE% -D SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO=%BUILD_EXAMPLE% -D SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=ON -D SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS_HO=OFF -D SPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS=ON ..
 
       cmake --build . --config %BUILD_TYPE%