diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eb37448eda..809459b396 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1277,14 +1277,13 @@ endforeach()
 list(APPEND INCLUDE_FILES ${BIN_INCLUDE_FILES})
 install(FILES ${INCLUDE_FILES} DESTINATION include/SDL2)
 
-if(SDL_SHARED)
-  install(CODE "
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
-    \"libSDL2-2.0.so\" \"libSDL2.so\")")
-  install(FILES ${SDL2_BINARY_DIR}/libSDL2.so DESTINATION "lib${LIB_SUFFIX}")
-endif()
-
 if(NOT WINDOWS OR CYGWIN)
+  if(SDL_SHARED)
+    install(CODE "
+      execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
+      \"libSDL2-2.0.so\" \"libSDL2.so\")")
+    install(FILES ${SDL2_BINARY_DIR}/libSDL2.so DESTINATION "lib${LIB_SUFFIX}")
+  endif()
   if(FREEBSD)
     # FreeBSD uses ${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig
     install(FILES ${SDL2_BINARY_DIR}/sdl2.pc DESTINATION "libdata/pkgconfig")
@@ -1295,5 +1294,7 @@ if(NOT WINDOWS OR CYGWIN)
   install(PROGRAMS ${SDL2_BINARY_DIR}/sdl2-config DESTINATION bin)
   # TODO: what about the .spec file? Is it only needed for RPM creation?
   install(FILES "${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/sdl2.m4" DESTINATION "share/aclocal")
+else()
+  install(TARGETS SDL2 RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
 endif()