diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 66a29d9f7b25323f858fb277b5f3a782953bf3a9..40bc547edb7cf6aedf77ac0b7d36205ce067e60e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ if (OPENDHT_C)
             c/opendht.cpp
             c/opendht_c.h
         )
+        set_target_properties (opendht-c-static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "opendht-c")
         target_link_libraries(opendht-c-static PRIVATE opendht-static)
         install (TARGETS opendht-c-static DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} EXPORT opendht-c-static)
     endif ()