diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e2d2fc575..f8a37ef9c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -335,7 +335,14 @@ option(MAGNUM_BUILD_DEPRECATED "Include deprecated API in the build" ON)
 set(MAGNUM_DEPLOY_PREFIX "."
     CACHE STRING "Prefix where to put final application executables")
 
-option(MAGNUM_BUILD_STATIC "Build static libraries (default are shared)" OFF)
+# It's inconvenient to manually load all shared libs using Android / JNI,
+# similarly on Emscripten, so there default to static.
+if(CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN OR CORRADE_TARGET_ANDROID)
+    set(OFF_EXCEPT_ANDROID_EMSCRIPTEN ON)
+else()
+    set(OFF_EXCEPT_ANDROID_EMSCRIPTEN OFF)
+endif()
+option(MAGNUM_BUILD_STATIC "Build static libraries" ${OFF_EXCEPT_ANDROID_EMSCRIPTEN})
 # Disable PIC on Emscripten by default (but still allow it to be enabled
 # explicitly if one so desires). Currently causes linker errors related to
 # __memory_base etc.: https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/8761
@@ -346,7 +353,12 @@ else()
 endif()
 option(MAGNUM_BUILD_STATIC_PIC "Build static libraries and plugins with position-independent code" ${ON_EXCEPT_EMSCRIPTEN})
 cmake_dependent_option(MAGNUM_BUILD_STATIC_UNIQUE_GLOBALS "Build static libraries with globals unique across shared libraries" ${ON_EXCEPT_EMSCRIPTEN} "MAGNUM_BUILD_STATIC" OFF)
-option(MAGNUM_BUILD_PLUGINS_STATIC "Build static plugins (default are dynamic)" OFF)
+# It makes no sense to build dynamic plugins if PluginManager can't load them
+if(CORRADE_PLUGINMANAGER_NO_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN_SUPPORT)
+    set(MAGNUM_BUILD_PLUGINS_STATIC ON CACHE BOOL "Build static plugins" FORCE)
+else()
+    option(MAGNUM_BUILD_PLUGINS_STATIC "Build static plugins" OFF)
+endif()
 option(MAGNUM_BUILD_TESTS "Build unit tests" OFF)
 cmake_dependent_option(MAGNUM_BUILD_GL_TESTS "Build unit tests for OpenGL code" OFF "MAGNUM_BUILD_TESTS;MAGNUM_TARGET_GL" OFF)
 cmake_dependent_option(MAGNUM_BUILD_AL_TESTS "Build unit tests for OpenAL code" ON "MAGNUM_BUILD_TESTS;MAGNUM_WITH_AUDIO" OFF)
@@ -547,15 +559,6 @@ if(MAGNUM_BUILD_DEPRECATED)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-# Dynamic linking is meaningless on Emscripten and too inconvenient on Android
-if(CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN OR CORRADE_TARGET_ANDROID)
-    set(MAGNUM_BUILD_STATIC ON)
-    set(MAGNUM_BUILD_PLUGINS_STATIC ON)
-# Dynamic plugins are not working on iOS or Windows RT at the moment
-elseif(CORRADE_TARGET_IOS OR CORRADE_TARGET_WINDOWS_RT)
-    set(MAGNUM_BUILD_PLUGINS_STATIC ON)
-endif()
-
 # Check dependencies
 if(MAGNUM_WITH_GL)
     if(NOT MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES OR (MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES AND NOT MAGNUM_TARGET_EGL AND NOT CORRADE_TARGET_IOS))