diff --git a/package/ci/appveyor-desktop.bat b/package/ci/appveyor-desktop.bat
index 266ad6939..ca503bd32 100644
--- a/package/ci/appveyor-desktop.bat
+++ b/package/ci/appveyor-desktop.bat
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ cmake .. ^
     -DBUILD_TESTS=ON ^
     -DBUILD_GL_TESTS=ON ^
     -DBUILD_STATIC=%BUILD_STATIC% ^
+    -DBUILD_PLUGINS_STATIC=%BUILD_STATIC% ^
     -G Ninja || exit /b
 cmake --build . || exit /b
 
diff --git a/package/ci/travis-desktop.sh b/package/ci/travis-desktop.sh
index d35811628..15bc7df0d 100755
--- a/package/ci/travis-desktop.sh
+++ b/package/ci/travis-desktop.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ cmake .. \
     -DBUILD_GL_TESTS=ON \
     -DBUILD_DEPRECATED=$BUILD_DEPRECATED \
     -DBUILD_STATIC=$BUILD_STATIC \
+    -DBUILD_PLUGINS_STATIC=$BUILD_STATIC \
     -G Ninja
 # Otherwise the job gets killed (probably because using too much memory)
 ninja -j4