diff --git a/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index c634cba3..a215d18d 100644
--- a/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,12 +113,19 @@ if( BUILD_THIRDPARTY)
   set(OPJ_HAVE_LIBLCMS2 1 PARENT_SCOPE)
 else(BUILD_THIRDPARTY)
   find_package(LCMS2)
+  # Static only build:
+  #   it is necessary to invoke pkg_check_module on lcms2 since it may have
+  #   several other dependencies not declared by its cmake module, but they are
+  #   in the its pkgconfig module.
+  if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+    pkg_check_modules(PC_LCMS2 QUIET lcms2)
+  endif(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
   if(LCMS2_FOUND)
     message(STATUS "Your system seems to have a LCMS2 lib available, we will use it")
     set(OPJ_HAVE_LCMS2_H 1 PARENT_SCOPE)
     set(OPJ_HAVE_LIBLCMS2 1 PARENT_SCOPE)
-    set(LCMS_LIBNAME ${LCMS2_LIBRARIES} PARENT_SCOPE)
-    set(LCMS_INCLUDE_DIRNAME ${LCMS2_INCLUDE_DIRS} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(LCMS_LIBNAME ${LCMS2_LIBRARIES} ${PC_LCMS2_STATIC_LIBRARIES} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(LCMS_INCLUDE_DIRNAME ${LCMS2_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${PC_LCMS2_STATIC_INCLUDE_DIRS} PARENT_SCOPE)
   else(LCMS2_FOUND) # not found lcms2
     # try to find LCMS
     find_package(LCMS)