diff --git a/sources/CMakeLists.txt b/sources/CMakeLists.txt
index 3269b1a..79873e8 100644
--- a/sources/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sources/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,22 +8,23 @@ cmake_policy (SET CMP0015 NEW)
 project (reportabug)
 
 set (SUBPROJECT reportabug)
-set (PROJECT_AUTHOR "Evgeniy Alekseev")
-set (PROJECT_CONTACT "esalexeev@gmail.com")
-set (PROJECT_LICENSE "GPLv3")
-set (PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set (PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 0)
-set (PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 0)
-set (PROJECT_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH})
+set (SUBPROJECT_AUTHOR "Evgeniy Alekseev")
+set (SUBPROJECT_CONTACT "esalexeev@gmail.com")
+set (SUBPROJECT_LICENSE "LGPLv3")
+set (SUBPROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
+set (SUBPROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 0)
+set (SUBPROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+set (SUBPROJECT_VERSION ${SUBPROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SUBPROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${SUBPROJECT_VERSION_PATCH})
 string (TIMESTAMP CURRENT_DATE "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M" UTC)
 string (TIMESTAMP CURRENT_YEAR "%Y")
 
 message (STATUS "Subproject: ${SUBPROJECT}")
-message (STATUS "Version: ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+message (STATUS "Version: ${SUBPROJECT_VERSION}")
 message (STATUS "Build date: ${CURRENT_DATE}")
 
 # install options
 option (USE_QT5 "Use Qt5 instead of Qt4" ON)
+option (BUILD_AS_LIBRARY "Build the application as a shared library" ON)
 
 # flags
 if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
@@ -50,4 +51,6 @@ set (HEADERS "")
 
 add_subdirectory (${SUBPROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
-install (FILES ${SUBPROJECT}.desktop DESTINATION share/applications/)
+if (NOT BUILD_AS_LIBRARY)
+    install (FILES ${SUBPROJECT}.desktop DESTINATION share/applications/)
+endif ()
diff --git a/sources/src/CMakeLists.txt b/sources/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 116617c..2d7d065 100644
--- a/sources/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sources/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ if (USE_QT5)
     include_directories (${Qt5Core_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5Network_INCLUDE_DIRS}
                          ${Qt5WebKit_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5WebKitWidgets_INCLUDE_DIRS}
                          ${Qt5Widgets_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    add_executable (${SUBPROJECT} ${UI_HEADERS} ${HEADERS} ${SOURCES} ${MOC_SOURCES})
+    if (BUILD_AS_LIBRARY)
+        add_library (${SUBPROJECT} SHARED ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS} ${MOC_SOURCES})
+    else ()
+        add_executable (${SUBPROJECT} ${UI_HEADERS} ${HEADERS} ${SOURCES} ${MOC_SOURCES})
+    endif ()
     target_link_libraries (${SUBPROJECT} ${Qt5Core_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5Network_LIBRARIES}
                            ${Qt5WebKit_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5WebKitWidgets_LIBRARIES}
                            ${Qt5Widgets_LIBRARIES})
@@ -43,10 +47,18 @@ else ()
     source_group ("Source Files" FILES ${SOURCES})
     source_group ("Generated Files" FILES ${MOC_SOURCES})
 
-    add_executable (${SUBPROJECT} ${UI_HEADERS} ${HEADERS} ${SOURCES} ${MOC_SOURCES})
-    target_link_libraries (${SUBPROJECT} ${QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTGUI_LIBRARY} 
+    if (BUILD_AS_LIBRARY)
+        add_library (${SUBPROJECT} SHARED ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS} ${MOC_SOURCES})
+    else ()
+        add_executable (${SUBPROJECT} ${UI_HEADERS} ${HEADERS} ${SOURCES} ${MOC_SOURCES})
+    endif ()
+    target_link_libraries (${SUBPROJECT} ${QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTGUI_LIBRARY}
                            ${QT_QTNETWORK_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTWEBKIT_LIBRARY})
 endif()
 
 # install properties
-install (TARGETS ${SUBPROJECT} DESTINATION bin)
+if (BUILD_AS_LIBRARY)
+    install (TARGETS ${SUBPROJECT} DESTINATION lib)
+else ()
+    install (TARGETS ${SUBPROJECT} DESTINATION bin)
+endif ()
diff --git a/sources/version.h.in b/sources/version.h.in
index ce5a954..60b2a3c 100644
--- a/sources/version.h.in
+++ b/sources/version.h.in
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 #define VERSION_H
 
 #define NAME "Report a Bug"
-#define VERSION "@PROJECT_VERSION@"
-#define AUTHOR "@PROJECT_AUTHOR@"
-#define EMAIL "@PROJECT_CONTACT@"
-#define LICENSE "@PROJECT_LICENSE@"
+#define VERSION "@SUBPROJECT_VERSION@"
+#define AUTHOR "@SUBPROJECT_AUTHOR@"
+#define EMAIL "@SUBPROJECT_CONTACT@"
+#define LICENSE "@SUBPROJECT_LICENSE@"
 
 #define HOMEPAGE "https://github.com/arcan1s/reportabug"
 #define REPOSITORY "https://github.com/arcan1s/reportabug"
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #define CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "@CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE@"
 #define CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@"
-#define PROJECT_USE_QT5 "@USE_QT5@"
+#define SUBPROJECT_USE_QT5 "@USE_QT5@"
+#define SUBPROJECT_LIBRARY "@BUILD_AS_LIBRARY@"
 
 #endif /* VERSION_H */