diff --git a/cmake/DetectOptions.cmake b/cmake/DetectOptions.cmake
index 871ad0c42f..72f97ad6ae 100644
--- a/cmake/DetectOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/DetectOptions.cmake
@@ -68,12 +68,13 @@ function(lists_get_prefix listVars outVar)
 endfunction()
 
 # Blosc2
+option(ADIOS2_PREFER_SHARED_Blosc2 "prefer sharred Blosc2 libraries" ON)
 if(ADIOS2_USE_Blosc2 STREQUAL AUTO)
-  find_package(Blosc2 2.4)
+  find_package(Blosc2 2.4 CONFIG)
 elseif(ADIOS2_USE_Blosc2)
-  find_package(Blosc2 2.4 REQUIRED)
+  find_package(Blosc2 2.4 CONFIG REQUIRED)
 endif()
-if(BLOSC2_FOUND)
+if(Blosc2_FOUND)
   set(ADIOS2_HAVE_Blosc2 TRUE)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt b/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
index f7f6643bf7..2f5ea7a77f 100644
--- a/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -259,7 +259,11 @@ endif()
 
 if(ADIOS2_HAVE_Blosc2)
   target_sources(adios2_core PRIVATE operator/compress/CompressBlosc.cpp)
-  target_link_libraries(adios2_core PRIVATE Blosc2::Blosc2)
+  if(ADIOS2_PREFER_SHARED_Blosc2 AND TARGET Blosc2::blosc2_shared)
+    target_link_libraries(adios2_core PRIVATE Blosc2::blosc2_shared)
+  else()
+    target_link_libraries(adios2_core PRIVATE Blosc2::blosc2_static)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(ADIOS2_HAVE_BZip2)