diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 78270e806..f5e5d9afd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -198,10 +198,6 @@ include_directories(src)
 include_directories(src/3rdparty)
 include_directories(${UV_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-if (BUILD_STATIC)
-    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS " -static")
-endif()
-
 if (WITH_DEBUG_LOG)
     add_definitions(/DAPP_DEBUG)
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/flags.cmake b/cmake/flags.cmake
index 7c2c79b8d..7b6d0163b 100644
--- a/cmake/flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/flags.cmake
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES GNU)
         set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++")
     endif()
 
+    if (BUILD_STATIC)
+        set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -static")
+    endif()
+
     add_definitions(/D_GNU_SOURCE)
 
     if (${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.1.0")
diff --git a/src/backend/cuda/cuda.cmake b/src/backend/cuda/cuda.cmake
index 75799cd8b..d75fc395d 100644
--- a/src/backend/cuda/cuda.cmake
+++ b/src/backend/cuda/cuda.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+if (BUILD_STATIC AND XMRIG_OS_LINUX AND WITH_CUDA)
+    message(WARNING "CUDA backend is not compatible with static build, use -DWITH_CUDA=OFF to suppress this warning")
+
+    set(WITH_CUDA OFF)
+endif()
+
 if (WITH_CUDA)
     add_definitions(/DXMRIG_FEATURE_CUDA)
 
diff --git a/src/backend/opencl/opencl.cmake b/src/backend/opencl/opencl.cmake
index c53e1f029..8d9235f37 100644
--- a/src/backend/opencl/opencl.cmake
+++ b/src/backend/opencl/opencl.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+if (BUILD_STATIC AND XMRIG_OS_LINUX AND WITH_OPENCL)
+    message(WARNING "OpenCL backend is not compatible with static build, use -DWITH_OPENCL=OFF to suppress this warning")
+
+    set(WITH_OPENCL OFF)
+endif()
+
 if (WITH_OPENCL)
     add_definitions(/DCL_TARGET_OPENCL_VERSION=200)
     add_definitions(/DCL_USE_DEPRECATED_OPENCL_1_2_APIS)