--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+index 45e55f9..f4b687d 100644
+--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ endif()
+ if(OCIO_BUILD_STATIC)
+ list(REMOVE_ITEM core_src_files ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/core/UnitTest.cpp)
+ add_library(OpenColorIO_STATIC STATIC ${EXTERNAL_OBJECTS} ${core_src_files})
+- add_dependencies(OpenColorIO_STATIC TINYXML_LIB)
++
++ if(USE_EXTERNAL_TINYXML)
++ target_link_libraries(OpenColorIO_STATIC ${TINYXML_LIBRARIES})
++ else(USE_EXTERNAL_TINYXML)
++ add_dependencies(OpenColorIO_STATIC TINYXML_LIB)
++ endif(USE_EXTERNAL_TINYXML)
+
+ if(USE_EXTERNAL_YAML)
+ target_link_libraries(OpenColorIO_STATIC ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES})