diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/CMakeLists.txt b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
index aa622c8f..e59a7a17 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ if(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_RKNN)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND NOT DEFINED onnxruntime_lib_files)
+if((BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OR SHERPA_ONNX_USE_PRE_INSTALLED_ONNXRUNTIME_IF_AVAILABLE) AND NOT DEFINED onnxruntime_lib_files)
   target_link_libraries(sherpa-onnx-core onnxruntime)
 else()
   target_link_libraries(sherpa-onnx-core ${onnxruntime_lib_files})