diff --git a/utils/kicad2step/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/kicad2step/CMakeLists.txt
index cc1aa849c9..e52e7acba7 100644
--- a/utils/kicad2step/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/kicad2step/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ endif( MINGW )
 
 # Break the library out for re-use by both kicad2step and any qa that needs it
 # In future, this could move for re-use by other programs needing s-expr support (?)
-add_library( kicad2step_lib STATIC
+add_library( kicad2step_lib OBJECT
     ${KS2_LIB_FILES}
 )
 
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ endif()
 if( KICAD_WIN32_INSTALL_PDBS )
     # Get the PDBs to copy over for MSVC
     install(FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE:kicad2step_bin> DESTINATION ${KICAD_BIN})
-endif()
\ No newline at end of file
+endif()