diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 45f0fc9d0..92aef4f97 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -507,9 +507,9 @@ dep_option(SDL_HIDAPI_JOYSTICK     "Use HIDAPI for low level joystick drivers" O
 dep_option(SDL_VIRTUAL_JOYSTICK    "Enable the virtual-joystick driver" ON SDL_HIDAPI OFF)
 set_option(SDL_ASAN                "Use AddressSanitizer to detect memory errors" OFF)
 
-set(SDL_SHARED ${SDL_SHARED_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT} CACHE BOOL "Build a shared version of the library")
-set(SDL_STATIC ${SDL_STATIC_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT} CACHE BOOL "Build a static version of the library")
-set(SDL_TEST   ${SDL_TEST_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT} CACHE BOOL "Build the SDL2_test library")
+option(SDL_SHARED "Build a shared version of the library" ${SDL_SHARED_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT})
+option(SDL_STATIC "Build a static version of the library" ${SDL_STATIC_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT})
+option(SDL_TEST   "Build the SDL2_test library" ${SDL_TEST_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT})
 
 dep_option(SDL_STATIC_PIC      "Static version of the library should be built with Position Independent Code" "${CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE}" "SDL_STATIC" OFF)
 dep_option(SDL_TESTS           "Build the test directory" OFF SDL_TEST OFF)