diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
index b6b3558e11..34b85f10b5 100644
--- a/config/meson.build
+++ b/config/meson.build
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ eal_pmd_path = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), driver_install_path)
 # driver .so files often depend upon the bus drivers for their connect bus,
 # e.g. ixgbe depends on librte_bus_pci. This means that the bus drivers need
 # to be in the library path, so symlink the drivers from the main lib directory.
-if not is_windows
+if get_option('default_library') == 'static'
+    # skip
+elif not is_windows
     # skip symlink-drivers-solibs.sh execution on no sub directory
     if pmd_subdir_opt != '' and pmd_subdir_opt != '.'
         meson.add_install_script('../buildtools/symlink-drivers-solibs.sh',
diff --git a/drivers/meson.build b/drivers/meson.build
index 495e21b54a..ff7b5983cb 100644
--- a/drivers/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/meson.build
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ foreach subpath:subdirs
                 include_directories: includes,
                 dependencies: static_deps,
                 c_args: cflags,
-                install: true)
+                install: get_option('default_library') == 'static')
 
         # now build the shared driver
         version_map = '@0@/@1@/version.map'.format(meson.current_source_dir(), drv_path)
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ foreach subpath:subdirs
         else
             lk_args = ['-Wl,--version-script=' + version_map]
         endif
-
+      if get_option('default_library') == 'shared'
         shared_lib = shared_library(lib_name, sources,
                 objects: objs,
                 include_directories: includes,
@@ -315,10 +315,14 @@ foreach subpath:subdirs
         shared_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: shared_lib,
                 include_directories: includes,
                 dependencies: shared_deps)
+      endif
         static_dep = declare_dependency(
                 include_directories: includes,
                 dependencies: static_deps)
 
+      if get_option('default_library') == 'static'
+        shared_dep = static_dep
+      endif
         dpdk_drivers += static_lib
 
         set_variable('shared_@0@'.format(lib_name), shared_dep)
diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
index ce92cb5537..40880bbf02 100644
--- a/lib/meson.build
+++ b/lib/meson.build
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ foreach l:libraries
             c_args: cflags,
             dependencies: static_deps,
             include_directories: includes,
-            install: true)
+            install: get_option('default_library') == 'static')
     static_dep = declare_dependency(
             include_directories: includes,
             dependencies: static_deps)
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ foreach l:libraries
                 output: name + '.sym_chk')
     endif
 
+  if get_option('default_library') == 'shared'
     shared_lib = shared_library(libname,
             sources,
             objects: objs,
@@ -321,6 +322,9 @@ foreach l:libraries
             dependencies: shared_deps)
 
     dpdk_libraries = [shared_lib] + dpdk_libraries
+  else
+    shared_dep = static_dep
+  endif
     dpdk_static_libraries = [static_lib] + dpdk_static_libraries
 
     set_variable('shared_rte_' + name, shared_dep)