diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 684f8149..a1b88c71 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ if (CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio")
     ${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM} -p:FrameworkPathOverride=\"${netfxpath}\" %*")
 endif ()
 
-option(FMT_SHARED "Build shared library instead of static one" OFF)
-if (FMT_SHARED)
-  set(shared SHARED)
-endif ()
-
 set(FMT_SOURCES format.cc format.h)
 
 include(CheckSymbolExists)
@@ -66,7 +61,7 @@ if (CPP11_FLAG)
   set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS ${CPP11_FLAG})
 endif ()
 
-add_library(format ${shared} ${FMT_SOURCES})
+add_library(format ${FMT_SOURCES})
 if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
   set_target_properties(format PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS
     "-Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -pedantic")
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@ if (CPP11_FLAG AND FMT_EXTRA_TESTS)
   set_target_properties(format PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS ${CPP11_FLAG})
   # Test compilation with default flags.
   file(GLOB src RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} test/*.cc test/*.h)
-  add_library(testformat ${FMT_SOURCE_FILES} ${src})
+  add_library(testformat STATIC ${FMT_SOURCE_FILES} ${src})
 endif ()
 
 add_subdirectory(doc)
@@ -87,7 +82,7 @@ include_directories(. gmock)
 # pre-compiled copy of Google Test (for example, into /usr/local)?"
 # at http://code.google.com/p/googletest/wiki/FAQ for more details.
 
-add_library(gmock gmock/gmock-gtest-all.cc)
+add_library(gmock STATIC gmock/gmock-gtest-all.cc)
 find_package(Threads)
 target_link_libraries(gmock ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
diff --git a/doc/usage.rst b/doc/usage.rst
index fe3e5d69..fd1b2296 100644
--- a/doc/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/usage.rst
@@ -2,13 +2,54 @@
 Usage
 *****
 
-To use the C++ Format library, add ``format.h`` and ``format.cc`` from
+To use the C++ Format library, add :file:`format.h` and :file:`format.cc` from
 a `release archive <https://github.com/cppformat/cppformat/releases/latest>`_
 or the `Git repository <https://github.com/cppformat/cppformat>`_ to your project.
+Alternatively, you can :ref:`build the library with CMake <building>`.
 
 If you are using Visual C++ with precompiled headers, you might need to add
 the line ::
 
    #include "stdafx.h"
 
-before other includes in ``format.cc``.
+before other includes in :file:`format.cc`.
+
+.. _building:
+
+Building the library
+====================
+
+An included `CMake build script`__ can be used to build the C++ Format
+library on a wide range of platforms. CMake is freely available for
+download from http://www.cmake.org/download/.
+
+__ https://github.com/cppformat/cppformat/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt
+
+CMake works by generating native makefiles or project files that can
+be used in the compiler environment of your choice. The typical
+workflow starts with::
+
+  mkdir build                # Create a directory to hold the build output.
+  cd build
+  cmake <path/to/cppformat>  # Generate native build scripts.
+
+where :file:`{<path/to/cppformat>}` is a path to the ``cppformat`` repository.
+
+If you are on a \*nix system, you should now see a Makefile in the
+current directory. Now you can build C++ Format by running :command:`make`.
+
+Once the library has been built you can invoke :command:`make test` to run
+the tests.
+
+If you use Windows and have Vistual Studio installed, a :file:`FORMAT.sln`
+file and several :file:`.vcproj` files will be created. You can then build them
+using Visual Studio or msbuild.
+
+On Mac OS X with Xcode installed, an :file:`.xcodeproj` file will be generated.
+
+To build a `shared library`__ set the ``BUILD_SHARED_LIBS`` CMake variable to
+``TRUE``::
+
+  cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE ...
+
+__ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_%28computing%29#Shared_libraries