diff --git a/src/gx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gx/CMakeLists.txt
index c99ec4e..dc0d56c 100644
--- a/src/gx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ endif()
 if (WHOA_SYSTEM_WIN OR WHOA_SYSTEM_LINUX)
     target_link_libraries(gx
         PRIVATE
-            SDL3::SDL3
+            SDL3::SDL3-static
             libglew_static
         )
 endif()
diff --git a/vendor/CMakeLists.txt b/vendor/CMakeLists.txt
index d30c22e..904ca92 100644
--- a/vendor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vendor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ add_subdirectory(freetype-2.0.9)
 add_subdirectory(lua-5.1.3)
 
 if (WHOA_SYSTEM_WIN OR WHOA_SYSTEM_LINUX)
+    set(SDL_SHARED OFF)
+    set(SDL_STATIC ON)
     add_subdirectory(sdl-3.0.0)
 
     set(glew-cmake_BUILD_SHARED OFF)
     set(glew-cmake_BUILD_STATIC ON)
-    
     add_subdirectory(glew-cmake-2.2.0)
 endif()