diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c40a1f0..98052af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,3 +42,8 @@
 
 # CMake specifics
 build/
+/.idea/
+/cmake-build-*/
+
+# CLion
+.clion.source.upload.marker
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c7a502..df2aff0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 #----------------------- PROJECT CONFIGURATION --------------------------------
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
-project(cpp-dotenv VERSION 1.0.0)
+
+project(cpp-dotenv
+        VERSION 1.0.0
+        DESCRIPTION "Library to load environment variables from .env files for C++ projects."
+        )
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
+option(DOTENV_SHARED_LIB "Build CPP-DOTENV as a shared library" NO)
+
 if ("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "")
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE RELEASE)
 else()
@@ -12,6 +18,8 @@ else()
 endif()
 message(STATUS "Building CPP-DOTENV in ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} mode")
 
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+
 #------------------- SUBDIRECTORY ADDITION ------------------------------------
 
 add_subdirectory(common)
@@ -19,13 +27,18 @@ add_subdirectory(src)
 
 #----------------------- LIBRARY CONFIGURATION --------------------------------
 
-set(CPP_DOTENV cpp_dotenv CACHE INTERNAL "")
+set(CPP_DOTENV cpp-dotenv CACHE INTERNAL "")
 set(CPP_DOTENV_SRC
     src/dotenv.cpp
     include/dotenv.h
 )
-
-add_library(${CPP_DOTENV} ${CPP_DOTENV_SRC})
+if(DOTENV_SHARED_LIB)
+    add_library(${CPP_DOTENV} SHARED ${CPP_DOTENV_SRC})
+    message(STATUS "Building as shared library")
+else()
+    add_library(${CPP_DOTENV} ${CPP_DOTENV_SRC})
+    message(STATUS "Building as static library")
+endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(${CPP_DOTENV}
     ${ENVIRON_LIB}
@@ -36,6 +49,7 @@ target_include_directories(${CPP_DOTENV} PUBLIC
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
 )
 
+
 if ("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "DEBUG")
     target_compile_options(${CPP_DOTENV} PRIVATE
         -g -Wall -O0
@@ -45,3 +59,21 @@ else()
         -O3
     )
 endif()
+
+#include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+#----------------------- PKG CONFIGURATION --------------------------------
+message(STATUS "Package CPP-DOTENV for ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} version ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+set(TARGET1 ${CPP_DOTENV})
+
+# Generate pkg-config file
+configure_file(./cpp-dotenv.pc.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cpp-dotenv.pc @ONLY)
+
+
+#----------------------- INSTALL --------------------------------
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+if(DOTENV_SHARED_LIB)
+    install(TARGETS ${CPP_DOTENV} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include/dotenv.h DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/)
+    install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cpp-dotenv.pc DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
+endif()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aad33c5..1fb09e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,13 +33,21 @@ C++ implementation of NodeJS [dotenv](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv) projec
 
 ## Dependencies
 
+**Shared Library Build** requires libantlr4-runtime-dev
+
+```sudo apt install libantlr4-runtime-dev```
+
+otherwise...
+
 **NONE**, for sure! :sunglasses: If it had any, it wouldn't follow the basic dotenv principles. All the needed libraries are shipped with this repository right out of the box.
 
+
 ## Build
 
 Supported build methods are:
 
 - [CMake](#cmake) (>=3.10)
+- [Shared Library](#share-library-build)
 
 ### CMake
 
@@ -55,6 +63,27 @@ target_link_libraries(YOUR_TARGET cpp_dotenv)
 
 After this, you might use the library as described in [usage](#usage); no extra scoping, no need to worry about the project's directory structure.
 
+### Share Library Build
+
+#### Build steps
+* Clone the repo
+* cd into the repo directory
+* ```mkdir build```
+* ```cd build```
+* ```cmake ../```
+* ```make install```
+
+#### Cmake 
+```
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+
+pkg_search_module(CPP_DOTENV QUIET cpp-dotenv)
+if(NOT CPP_DOTENV_FOUND)
+    message(ERROR "cpp-dotenv not found!")
+endif()
+target_link_libraries(YOUR_LIBRARY INTERFACE cpp-dotenv)
+```
+
 ## Usage
 
 To be able to use the dotenv classes, simply include the main header file:
diff --git a/common/libs/antlr4-cpp-runtime/runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/common/libs/antlr4-cpp-runtime/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index c960a19..9f1c30f 100644
--- a/common/libs/antlr4-cpp-runtime/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/libs/antlr4-cpp-runtime/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -308,8 +308,11 @@ set(ANTLR4_CPP_RUNTIME_SRC
     src/tree/xpath/XPathWildcardElement.cpp
     src/tree/xpath/XPathWildcardElement.h
 )
-
-add_library(${ANTLR4_CPP_RUNTIME} ${ANTLR4_CPP_RUNTIME_SRC})
+if(DOTENV_SHARED_LIB)
+    add_library(${ANTLR4_CPP_RUNTIME} SHARED ${ANTLR4_CPP_RUNTIME_SRC})
+else()
+    add_library(${ANTLR4_CPP_RUNTIME} ${ANTLR4_CPP_RUNTIME_SRC})
+endif()
 
 target_include_directories(${ANTLR4_CPP_RUNTIME} PUBLIC
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
@@ -327,3 +330,8 @@ else()
         -Wno-attributes
     )
 endif()
+
+#----------------------- INSTALL --------------------------------
+if(DOTENV_SHARED_LIB)
+    install(TARGETS ${ANTLR4_CPP_RUNTIME} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+endif()
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diff --git a/cpp-dotenv.pc.in b/cpp-dotenv.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d49d51f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp-dotenv.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+prefix=@CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+Name: cpp-dotenv
+Description: @CMAKE_PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@
+Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -l@TARGET1@
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