diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ded7bc..42651d6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
 project(quickflux VERSION 1.1.3)
 
-option(quickflux_INSTALL "Enable the installation of targets." ON)
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build using shared libraries" OFF)
+
+set(SOVERSION_MAJOR 1)
+set(SOVERSION_MINOR 1)
+set(SOVERSION_PATCH 3)
 
+option(quickflux_INSTALL "Enable the installation of targets." ON)
 if(MSVC)
   set_property (GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
 endif()
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ if(MSVC)
   source_group("Source Files\\MOC" REGULAR_EXPRESSION "moc*")
 endif()
 
-add_library(quickflux STATIC
+add_library(quickflux
   ${quickflux_PRIVATE_SOURCES}
   ${quickflux_PRIVATE_HEADERS}
   ${quickflux_PUBLIC_SOURCES}
@@ -97,6 +102,21 @@ add_library(quickflux STATIC
   )
 add_library(QuickFlux::quickflux ALIAS quickflux)
 
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  set_target_properties(quickflux
+    PROPERTIES
+    VERSION ${SOVERSION_MAJOR}.${SOVERSION_MINOR}.${SOVERSION_PATCH}
+    SOVERSION ${SOVERSION_MAJOR}
+    )
+
+  # copy qmldir file to build dir so QML unit tests can use it to import the plugin
+  configure_file(
+    qmldir.in
+    qmldir
+    @ONLY
+    )
+endif()
+
 target_link_libraries(quickflux
   PUBLIC
   Qt5::Qml
@@ -168,4 +188,20 @@ if(quickflux_INSTALL)
       DESTINATION ${CONFIG_PACKAGE_LOCATION}
   )
 
+  if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    # Qt5's cmake does not export QT_IMPORTS_DIR, lets query qmake on our own for now
+    get_target_property(QMAKE_EXECUTABLE Qt5::qmake LOCATION)
+    function(QUERY_QMAKE VAR RESULT)
+      exec_program(${QMAKE_EXECUTABLE} ARGS "-query ${VAR}" RETURN_VALUE return_code OUTPUT_VARIABLE output )
+      if(NOT return_code)
+        file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${output}" output)
+        set(${RESULT} ${output} PARENT_SCOPE)
+      endif(NOT return_code)
+    endfunction(QUERY_QMAKE)
+    query_qmake(QT_INSTALL_QML QT_IMPORTS_DIR)
+
+    set(PLUGIN_DIR ${QT_IMPORTS_DIR}/QuickFlux)
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qmldir DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_DIR})
+  endif()
+
 endif()
diff --git a/qmldir.in b/qmldir.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7476e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qmldir.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module QuickFlux
+plugin quickflux @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@