diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 60ae35f7453..efd560116da 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,20 @@ IF(NOT MSVC)
   endif(USE_CCACHE)
 endif(NOT MSVC)
 
+IF (IOS)
+    SET (DEFAULT_FORCE_STATIC_LIBS TRUE)
+ELSE (IOS)
+    SET (DEFAULT_FORCE_STATIC_LIBS FALSE)
+ENDIF (IOS)
+SET (FORCE_STATIC_LIBS ${DEFAULT_FORCE_STATIC_LIBS} CACHE BOOL "Determines whether libraries should be static only")
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(FORCE_STATIC_LIBS)
+
+IF(FORCE_STATIC_LIBS)
+  SET(LIBRARY_TYPE STATIC)
+ELSE (FORCE_STATIC_LIBS)
+  SET(LIBRARY_TYPE SHARED)
+ENDIF (FORCE_STATIC_LIBS)
+
 # in generated makefiles use relative paths so the project dir is moveable
 # Note commented out since it cause problems but it would be nice to resolve these and enable
 #
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 516bc68837d..59852b353b3 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-IF (NOT IOS)
-  ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(native)
-ENDIF (NOT IOS)
-
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(native)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(core)
 
 IF (NOT IOS)
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f764ae513f..bf8b6113678 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1271,14 +1271,8 @@ ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DTEST_DATA_DIR="${TEST_DATA_DIR}")
 
 #############################################################
 # qgis_core library
-IF (IOS)
-  SET(LIBRARY_TYPE STATIC)
-ELSE (IOS)
-  SET(LIBRARY_TYPE SHARED)
-ENDIF (IOS)
 ADD_LIBRARY(qgis_core ${LIBRARY_TYPE} ${QGIS_CORE_SRCS} ${QGIS_CORE_MOC_SRCS} ${QGIS_CORE_HDRS} ${QGIS_CORE_MOC_HDRS})
 
-
 GENERATE_EXPORT_HEADER(
   qgis_core
   BASE_NAME CORE
diff --git a/src/core/qgsmaprenderertask.h b/src/core/qgsmaprenderertask.h
index 1f645e3bcf9..74a78e95ab8 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsmaprenderertask.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsmaprenderertask.h
@@ -46,16 +46,9 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsMapRendererTask : public QgsTask
     //! \brief Error type
     enum ErrorType
     {
-      //! Image allocation failure
-      ImageAllocationFail = 1,
-      //! Image save failure
-      ImageSaveFail,
-
-      /**
-       * Format is unsupported on the platform
-       * \since QGIS 3.4
-       */
-      ImageUnsupportedFormat
+      ImageAllocationFail = 1, //!< Image allocation failure
+      ImageSaveFail, //!< Image save failure
+      ImageUnsupportedFormat //!< Format is unsupported on the platform \since QGIS 3.4
     };
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/native/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/CMakeLists.txt
index b44a032930d..c68fa03daad 100644
--- a/src/native/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #############################################################
 # locate native libs
 
+IF (IOS)
+  # No native library for IOS
+  RETURN()
+ENDIF(IOS)
+
+
 SET(NATIVE_LINK_LIBS)
 
 IF(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID)
diff --git a/src/quickgui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/quickgui/CMakeLists.txt
index 6672d6ca713..d02299cff8b 100644
--- a/src/quickgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/quickgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,11 +99,6 @@ ELSE(MSVC)
   SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${QGIS_QUICK_GUI_MOC_SRCS} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wno-deprecated-declarations" )
 ENDIF(MSVC)
 
-IF (IOS)
-  SET(LIBRARY_TYPE STATIC)
-ELSE (IOS)
-  SET(LIBRARY_TYPE SHARED)
-ENDIF (IOS)
 ADD_LIBRARY(qgis_quick ${LIBRARY_TYPE}
     ${QGIS_QUICK_GUI_IMAGE_RCC_SRCS}
     ${QGIS_QUICK_GUI_SRC}
diff --git a/src/quickgui/plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/src/quickgui/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e971a59dc0..1f09490d0ab 100644
--- a/src/quickgui/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/quickgui/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ ELSE (IOS)
   SET(QGIS_QUICK_PLUGIN_RESOURCES ${QGIS_QUICK_PLUGIN_RESOURCES} qmldir)
 ENDIF (IOS)
 
-
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
@@ -85,11 +84,6 @@ ENDIF(MSVC)
 
 SET(QGIS_QUICK_PLUGIN_RUNTIME_DIR ${QGIS_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${QGIS_QML_SUBDIR}/QgsQuick)
 
-IF (IOS)
-  SET(LIBRARY_TYPE STATIC)
-ELSE (IOS)
-  SET(LIBRARY_TYPE MODULE)
-ENDIF (IOS)
 ADD_LIBRARY(qgis_quick_plugin ${LIBRARY_TYPE}
     ${QGIS_QUICK_PLUGIN_SRC}
     ${QGIS_QUICK_PLUGIN_MOC_HDRS}