diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a017d1962c51b7074048e54b4f3c37bd5abf6b59..0a0667b1fd06403bc2e071b9f66616c02ae3fb06 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,24 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake")
 
-option(KLEIDIAI_BUILD_TESTS       "Build unit tests."             ON)
-option(KLEIDIAI_BUILD_BENCHMARK   "Build the benchmark tool."     OFF)
-option(KLEIDIAI_ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY "Build with Clang-Tidy checks." OFF)
+option(KLEIDIAI_BUILD_BENCHMARK     "Build the benchmark tool."     OFF)
+option(KLEIDIAI_BUILD_STATIC        "Build static binaries."        OFF)
+option(KLEIDIAI_BUILD_TESTS         "Build unit tests."             ON)
+option(KLEIDIAI_ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY   "Build with Clang-Tidy checks." OFF)
+
+if(CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Unix Makefiles" OR CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Ninja")
+    set(KLEIDIAI_COMPILATION_DB_DEFAULT ON)
+else()
+    set(KLEIDIAI_COMPILATION_DB_DEFAULT OFF)
+endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS STREQUAL "")
+    set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ${KLEIDIAI_COMPILATION_DB_DEFAULT})
+endif()
+
+if(KLEIDIAI_BUILD_STATIC)
+    set(KLEIDIAI_LINKAGE -static)
+endif()
 
 if(KLEIDIAI_ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY)
     set(CMAKE_C_CLANG_TIDY "clang-tidy")
@@ -250,6 +265,9 @@ if(KLEIDIAI_BUILD_TESTS)
         PUBLIC  kleidiai
     )
 
+    target_link_options(kleidiai_test_framework
+                        PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_LINKAGE})
+
     add_executable(kleidiai_test
         test/tests/matmul_test.cpp
         test/tests/matmul_clamp_f32_f32_f32p_test.cpp
@@ -267,6 +285,8 @@ if(KLEIDIAI_BUILD_TESTS)
         PRIVATE GTest::gtest_main
     )
 
+    target_link_options(kleidiai_test
+                        PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_LINKAGE})
 
     # Cross-compiling is a common use case which creates a conflict if DISCOVERY_MODE is set to POST_BUILD (by default)
     # since the host platform does not match the target. Setting the mode to PRE_TEST avoids this conflict. This feature
@@ -299,7 +319,11 @@ if(KLEIDIAI_BUILD_BENCHMARK)
     target_link_libraries(
         kleidiai_benchmark
         kleidiai
-        benchmark::benchmark)
+        benchmark::benchmark
+    )
+
+    target_link_options(kleidiai_benchmark
+                        PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_LINKAGE})
 
     set(KLEIDIAI_BENCHMARK_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
     target_include_directories(kleidiai_benchmark