diff --git a/src/harfbuzz-config.cmake.in b/src/harfbuzz-config.cmake.in
index 0de082c2a..ced97919a 100644
--- a/src/harfbuzz-config.cmake.in
+++ b/src/harfbuzz-config.cmake.in
@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@ list(GET _harfbuzz_version_info 2
   _harfbuzz_age)
 unset(_harfbuzz_version_info)
 
-if (APPLE)
-  set(_harfbuzz_lib_suffix ".0${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
-elseif (UNIX)
-  set(_harfbuzz_lib_suffix "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}.0.${_harfbuzz_current}.${_harfbuzz_revision}")
+if ("@default_library@" MATCHES "static")
+  set(_harfbuzz_lib_suffix ".a")
 else ()
-  # Unsupported.
-  set(harfbuzz_FOUND 0)
+  if (APPLE)
+    set(_harfbuzz_lib_suffix ".0${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
+  elseif (UNIX)
+    set(_harfbuzz_lib_suffix "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}.0.${_harfbuzz_current}.${_harfbuzz_revision}")
+  else ()
+    # Unsupported.
+    set(harfbuzz_FOUND 0)
+  endif ()
 endif ()
 
 # Add the libraries.