diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d5ae28dd6..9dcbd49f6d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ endif()
include(cmake/mainSetup.cmake)
# options and their default values
-option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build exiv2lib as a shared library" ON)
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build exiv2lib as a shared library" OFF)
option(EXIV2_ENABLE_XMP "Build with XMP metadata support" ON)
option(EXIV2_ENABLE_EXTERNAL_XMP "Use external version of XMP" OFF)
option(EXIV2_ENABLE_PNG "Build with PNG support (requires zlib)" ON)
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..847f5cd5e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+
+
+
+Exiv2
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/wasm32.text b/wasm32.text
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5956c1506c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wasm32.text
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[binaries]
+c = 'emcc'
+cpp = 'em++'
+ar = 'emar'
+nm = 'emnm'
+
+[host_machine]
+system = 'emscripten'
+cpu_family = 'x86_64'
+cpu = 'x86_64'
+endian = 'little'