diff --git a/gpt4all-backend/CMakeLists.txt b/gpt4all-backend/CMakeLists.txt
index c2190674..878385d6 100644
--- a/gpt4all-backend/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gpt4all-backend/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ foreach(BUILD_VARIANT IN LISTS BUILD_VARIANTS)
         message(STATUS "Configuring model implementation target ${TARGET_NAME}")
         # Link to ggml/llama
         target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME}
-            PUBLIC ${BASE_LIB}-${BUILD_VARIANT})
+            PRIVATE ${BASE_LIB}-${BUILD_VARIANT})
         # Let it know about its build variant
         target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME}
             PRIVATE GGML_BUILD_VARIANT="${BUILD_VARIANT}")
diff --git a/gpt4all-backend/llama.cpp.cmake b/gpt4all-backend/llama.cpp.cmake
index db85d4c6..c7e59eb3 100644
--- a/gpt4all-backend/llama.cpp.cmake
+++ b/gpt4all-backend/llama.cpp.cmake
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ function(include_ggml DIRECTORY SUFFIX WITH_LLAMA)
             set(LLAMA_UTIL_SOURCE_FILE llama_util.h)
         endif()
 
-        add_library(llama${SUFFIX}
+        add_library(llama${SUFFIX} STATIC
                     ${DIRECTORY}/llama.cpp
                     ${DIRECTORY}/llama.h
                     ${DIRECTORY}/${LLAMA_UTIL_SOURCE_FILE})