--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # ==========================
 
 add_subdirectory( api )
-add_subdirectory( third_party )
+# add_subdirectory( third_party )
 add_subdirectory( toolkit )
 add_subdirectory( utils )
 
--- a/src/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # ==========================
 
 # list third-party subdirectories to build in
-add_subdirectory( jsoncpp )
+# add_subdirectory( jsoncpp )
--- a/src/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,11 +20,26 @@
              bamtools_utilities.cpp
            )
 
+add_library( BamTools-utils-static STATIC 
+             bamtools_fasta.cpp
+             bamtools_options.cpp
+             bamtools_pileup_engine.cpp
+             bamtools_utilities.cpp
+	     )
+set_target_properties(BamTools-utils-static PROPERTIES 
+	     OUTPUT_NAME "bamtools-utils"
+	     PREFIX "lib"
+	     )
+
 # link BamTools-utils library with BamTools automatically
 target_link_libraries( BamTools-utils BamTools )
+target_link_libraries( BamTools-utils-static BamTools )
 
 # set BamTools library properties
 set_target_properties( BamTools-utils PROPERTIES
                        SOVERSION   2.2.0
                        OUTPUT_NAME bamtools-utils
                      )
+
+install( TARGETS BamTools-utils LIBRARY DESTINATION "lib/bamtools" RUNTIME DESTINATION "bin")
+install( TARGETS BamTools-utils-static ARCHIVE DESTINATION "lib/bamtools")