diff --git a/buildtools/gt.cmake b/buildtools/gt.cmake
index d82f0eb7a..1d8ab5417 100644
--- a/buildtools/gt.cmake
+++ b/buildtools/gt.cmake
@@ -91,8 +91,11 @@ function(GT_MAIN_LIB)
     set(GT_COMMON_SOURCES "${GT_COMMON_SOURCES}" PARENT_SCOPE)
     message(STATUS "[gt.cmake] Adding main lib \"${PROJECT_NAME}\" with sources ${GT_COMMON_SOURCES}")
     add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${GT_COMMON_SOURCES})
-    add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC ${GT_COMMON_SOURCES})
-    install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME} LIBRARY DESTINATION "lib" ARCHIVE DESTINATION "lib")
+    add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}-static STATIC ${GT_COMMON_SOURCES})
+    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${PROJECT_NAME}-static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}")
+    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES CLEAN_DIRECT_OUTPUT 1)
+    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${PROJECT_NAME}-static PROPERTIES CLEAN_DIRECT_OUTPUT 1)
+    install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_NAME}-static LIBRARY DESTINATION "lib" ARCHIVE DESTINATION "lib")
 endfunction(GT_MAIN_LIB)
 
 # Define the main static library from the given sources