diff --git a/profiling/perfetto-connector/CMakeLists.txt b/profiling/perfetto-connector/CMakeLists.txt
index b3375df95..b5a21dda2 100644
--- a/profiling/perfetto-connector/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/profiling/perfetto-connector/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-# perfetto/perfetto.cc is third-part code, so we want to disable all warnings for it
-add_library(perfetto_obj OBJECT perfetto/perfetto.cc)
+# perfetto/perfetto.cc is third-party code, so we want to disable all warnings for it
+add_library(perfetto_static STATIC perfetto/perfetto.cc)
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
-    target_compile_options(perfetto_obj PRIVATE -w)
+    target_compile_options(perfetto_static PRIVATE -w)
 elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
-    target_compile_options(perfetto_obj PRIVATE /w)
+    target_compile_options(perfetto_static PRIVATE /w)
 endif()
 
-kp_add_library(kp_perfetto_connector libperfetto-connector.cpp $<TARGET_OBJECTS:perfetto_obj>)
+kp_add_library(kp_perfetto_connector libperfetto-connector.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(kp_perfetto_connector PRIVATE perfetto_static)
 
 # mark as system so we don't get warnings from perfetto.h either
 target_include_directories(kp_perfetto_connector PRIVATE SYSTEM perfetto)