diff --git a/config/hdf5.json b/config/hdf5.json
index ac8c731..889fd2a 100644
--- a/config/hdf5.json
+++ b/config/hdf5.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "dependencies" : "zlib,szip",
     "default version" : "1.13.2",
     "download" : "git clone --depth 1 --branch hdf5-$VERSION_UNDERSCORE https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5.git hdf5-$VERSION",
-    "configure" : "./configure --enable-fortran --enable-parallel --with-zlib=$PREFIX --with-szip=$PREFIX --prefix=$PREFIX",
+    "configure" : "./configure --enable-fortran --enable-parallel --with-zlib=$PREFIX --with-szip=$PREFIX --prefix=$PREFIX $SHARED",
     "build" : "make -j $BUILDTHREADS",
     "install" : "make install",
     "object files" : "1136"
diff --git a/config/szip.json b/config/szip.json
index e6af536..ba88f50 100644
--- a/config/szip.json
+++ b/config/szip.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "dependencies" : "",
     "default version" : "2.1.1",
     "download" : "git clone https://github.com/erdc/szip.git szip-$VERSION",
-    "configure" : "./configure --prefix=$PREFIX",
+    "configure" : "./configure --prefix=$PREFIX $SHARED",
     "build" : "make -j $BUILDTHREADS",
     "install" : "make install",
     "object files" : "7"
diff --git a/lib/init.py b/lib/init.py
index 49ac3b2..105a4c6 100644
--- a/lib/init.py
+++ b/lib/init.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def init():
     config_parser.add_argument('--threads', help='Number of threads used for make [8]', default='8')
     config_parser.add_argument('--verbose', help='Print build output to screen instead piping it to logile', action='store_true')
     config_parser.add_argument('--separate-lib64', help='Do not create symbolic links of files from lib64 in lib', action='store_true')
+    config_parser.add_argument('--disable-shared', help='Disable building of shared libraries', action='store_true')
     
     parser.add_argument('--config', help='Path to config directory [$pwd/config]', default=os.getcwd()+"/config")
     parser.add_argument('--prefix', help='Path where install directory should be generated [$pwd]', default=os.getcwd())
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ def init():
     parser.add_argument('--threads', help='Number of threads used for make [8]', default='8')
     parser.add_argument('--verbose', help='Print build output to screen instead piping it to logile', action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument('--separate-lib64', help='Do not create symbolic links of files from lib64 in lib', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('--disable-shared', help='Disable building of shared libraries', action='store_true')
     
     # run config parser and search config/*.json to add a build and version argument for it to the full parser
     config_dir = config_parser.parse_known_args()[0].config
diff --git a/lib/installer.py b/lib/installer.py
index 98e3f6d..8307832 100644
--- a/lib/installer.py
+++ b/lib/installer.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import shutil
 from lib.ui import bordered,  underlined,  progressbar
 
 
-def install_lib(lib, src_dir, work_dir, inst_dir, comp_cc, comp_cxx, comp_fc, build_threads, verbose):
+def install_lib(lib, src_dir, work_dir, inst_dir, comp_cc, comp_cxx, comp_fc, build_threads, disable_shared_libs, verbose):
     print(bordered("Installing " + lib['name'] + " v." + lib['version']))
     if not os.path.exists(src_dir):
         os.makedirs(src_dir)
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ def install_lib(lib, src_dir, work_dir, inst_dir, comp_cc, comp_cxx, comp_fc, bu
     shutil.copytree(src_dir+"/"+lib_name+"-"+lib_version,  work_dir+"/"+lib_name+"-"+lib_version)
     os.chdir(work_dir+"/"+lib_name+"-"+lib_version)
 
-    config_command = lib['configure'].replace("$PREFIX", inst_dir)
+    if disable_shared_libs:
+        shared_option = "--disable-shared"
+    else:
+        shared_option = ""
+    config_command = lib['configure'].replace("$PREFIX", inst_dir).replace("$SHARED",shared_option)
+
     if verbose:
         print(underlined("\nConfiguring Library"))
     else:
diff --git a/lib/ui.py b/lib/ui.py
index a4ecdef..28fd930 100644
--- a/lib/ui.py
+++ b/lib/ui.py
@@ -36,10 +36,17 @@ def underlined(text):
     return '\n'.join(res)
 
 
-def print_welcome(script_version, compiler, compiler_version, mpi, mpi_version, instDir, installs):
+def print_welcome(script_version, compiler, compiler_version, mpi, mpi_version, build_threads, disable_shared_libs, instDir, installs):
+    if not disable_shared_libs:
+        shared_str = "Yes"
+    else:
+        shared_str = "No"
+    
     out = underlined("Patricks Simple Library Installer " + script_version)
     out = out + "\n" + "Compiler: " + compiler.upper() + ", Version: " + compiler_version
     out = out + "\n" + "MPI: " + mpi.upper() + ", Version: " + mpi_version
+    out = out + "\n" + "Number of threads to use: " + build_threads
+    out = out + "\n" + "Building of shared libraries: " + shared_str
     out = out + "\n" + "Install Directory: "+instDir
     out = out + "\n"
     out = out + "\n" + "The following Libraries will be installed:"
diff --git a/libinstaller b/libinstaller
index d1bb3c1..d803959 100755
--- a/libinstaller
+++ b/libinstaller
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from lib.sort import sort_libs_by_dependencies
 from lib.installer import install_lib
 from lib.init import init, check_python_version
 
-SCRIPT_VERSION = "v0.5"
+SCRIPT_VERSION = "v0.6"
 
 # check if Python >=3.3.0 is used
 check_python_version()
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ mpi = arg_namespace.mpi
 build_threads = arg_namespace.threads
 verbose = arg_namespace.verbose
 separate_lib64 = arg_namespace.separate_lib64
+disable_shared = arg_namespace.disable_shared
 
 # extract libraries and versions selected for installation
 selected_libs = []
-ignore_names = ["config", "mpi", "compiler", "prefix", "src", "work", "threads", "verbose", "version"]
+ignore_names = ["config", "mpi", "compiler", "prefix", "src", "work", "threads", "verbose", "version", "disable_shared"]
 for lib_name in args:
     if lib_name not in ignore_names and "version" not in lib_name:
         install = getattr(arg_namespace, lib_name)
@@ -57,12 +58,12 @@ cc, cxx, fc = set_toolchain(compiler, mpi)
 sorted_libs = sort_libs_by_dependencies(selected_libs)
 
 # print welcome screen
-print_welcome(SCRIPT_VERSION, compiler, compiler_version, mpi, mpi_version, inst_dir, sorted_libs)
+print_welcome(SCRIPT_VERSION, compiler, compiler_version, mpi, mpi_version, build_threads, disable_shared, inst_dir, sorted_libs)
 
 # install selected libraries
 if len(sorted_libs) > 0:
     for lib in sorted_libs:
-        install_lib(lib, src_dir, work_dir, inst_dir, cc, cxx, fc, build_threads, verbose)
+        install_lib(lib, src_dir, work_dir, inst_dir, cc, cxx, fc, build_threads, disable_shared, verbose)
     print(bordered("ALL INSTALLS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY\nPlease add "+inst_dir+" to your environment"))
 else:
     print("NO LIBRARIES SELECTED FOR INSTALLATION")