diff --git a/.github/workflows/MacOS.yml b/.github/workflows/MacOS.yml
index deefe770..b62001b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/MacOS.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/MacOS.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         ccompiler: [gcc-12, gcc-14, clang]
         jasper-version: [4.0.0]
         openmp: [ ON, OFF ]
+        sharedlib: [ ON, OFF ]
 
     steps:
     - name: install-dependencies
@@ -55,6 +56,6 @@ jobs:
         cd wgrib2
         mkdir build
         cd build
-        cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/nceplibs/jasper;$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/nceplibs/NCEPLIBS-g2c;$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/nceplibs/NCEPLIBS-ip" .. -DUSE_AEC=ON -DUSE_PNG=ON -DUSE_JASPER=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIB=ON -DBUILD_LIB=ON -DMAKE_FTN_API=ON -DUSE_OPENMP=${{matrix.openmp}}
+        cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/nceplibs/jasper;$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/nceplibs/NCEPLIBS-g2c;$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/nceplibs/NCEPLIBS-ip" .. -DUSE_AEC=ON -DUSE_PNG=ON -DUSE_JASPER=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIB=${{matrix.sharedlib}} -DBUILD_LIB=ON -DMAKE_FTN_API=ON -DUSE_OPENMP=${{matrix.openmp}}
         make VERBOSE=1
         ctest --verbose --output-on-failure --rerun-failed
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wgrib2/CMakeLists.txt b/wgrib2/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d351c73..b95f71b7 100644
--- a/wgrib2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wgrib2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -95,13 +95,12 @@ if(BUILD_LIB)
   # target_compile_definitions(wgrib2_lib PRIVATE CALLABLE_WGRIB2)
 endif()
 
-
 add_executable(wgrib2_exe wgrib2_main.c)
 set_target_properties(wgrib2_exe PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME wgrib2)
 
 if(USE_NETCDF)
   target_link_libraries(obj_lib PUBLIC NetCDF::NetCDF_C)
-  if(BUILD_SHARED_LIB)
+  if(BUILD_LIB)
     target_link_libraries(wgrib2_lib PUBLIC NetCDF::NetCDF_C)
   endif()
   target_link_libraries(wgrib2_exe PUBLIC NetCDF::NetCDF_C)
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(USE_OPENMP)
   target_link_libraries(obj_lib PUBLIC OpenMP::OpenMP_C)
-  if(BUILD_SHARED_LIB)
+  if(BUILD_LIB)
     target_link_libraries(wgrib2_lib PUBLIC OpenMP::OpenMP_C)
   endif()
 endif()
@@ -118,6 +117,9 @@ if(USE_IPOLATES)
   target_link_libraries(obj_lib PUBLIC ip::ip_d)
   target_link_libraries(wgrib2_exe PUBLIC ip::ip_d)
 
+  if(BUILD_LIB)
+    target_link_libraries(wgrib2_lib PUBLIC ip::ip_d)
+  endif()
   # Link to the Fortran runtime library for each compiler if using ip2.
   # The wgrib2 exectuable is created using the C compiler and
   # doesn't link the necessary Fortran library required for ip2.
@@ -129,22 +131,25 @@ if(USE_IPOLATES)
   
 endif()
 
-## target_link_libraries(obj_lib PUBLIC gctpc -lm)
-
 # Link to gctpc directly because object libraries do not link transitively
 target_link_libraries(wgrib2_exe PRIVATE gctpc -lm)
 
 if(USE_AEC)
+  if(BUILD_LIB)
+    target_link_libraries(wgrib2_lib PUBLIC ${LIBAEC_LIBRARIES})
+  endif()
   target_link_libraries(wgrib2_exe PRIVATE ${LIBAEC_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 if(USE_JASPER OR USE_OPENJPEG OR USE_PNG)
   target_link_libraries(obj_lib PUBLIC g2c::g2c)
+  if(BUILD_LIB)
+    target_link_libraries(wgrib2_lib PUBLIC g2c::g2c)
+  endif()
   target_link_libraries(wgrib2_exe PRIVATE g2c::g2c)
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(wgrib2_exe PRIVATE obj_lib)
-# target_link_libraries(wgrib2_exe PRIVATE wgrib2_lib)
 
 if(BUILD_LIB)
   set(headers wgrib2_api.h wgrib2.h ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wgrib2/wgrib2_meta.h)