diff --git a/recipes/dev/cmake/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/cmake/recipe.toml
index 4425cd336..b888557bc 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/cmake/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/cmake/recipe.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ DYNAMIC_INIT
 
 export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link,${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib $LDFLAGS"
 
-COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS=(
+COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS+=(
     -DBUILD_TESTING=Off
     -DCMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_BZIP2=On
     -DCMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_CURL=On
diff --git a/recipes/dev/llvm18/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/llvm18/recipe.toml
index da8be3e49..1834a94e3 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/llvm18/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/llvm18/recipe.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ case "${TARGET}" in
         ;;
 esac
 
-COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS=(
+COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS+=(
     -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="--std=gnu++11"
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=False
     -DLLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB=On
diff --git a/recipes/games/eduke32/recipe.toml b/recipes/games/eduke32/recipe.toml
index 29616fba0..79cd4a579 100644
--- a/recipes/games/eduke32/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/games/eduke32/recipe.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export CFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/SDL"
 export SDLCONFIG="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/bin/sdl-config --prefix=${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
 
 export LDFLAGS="-L${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib"
-if [[ -n "${COOKBOOK_PREFER_STATIC}" ]]; then
+if [ "${COOKBOOK_DYNAMIC}" != "1" ]; then
     LDFLAGS+=" -static"
 fi
 
diff --git a/recipes/games/opentyrian/recipe.toml b/recipes/games/opentyrian/recipe.toml
index d20cecf32..ba168fb22 100644
--- a/recipes/games/opentyrian/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/games/opentyrian/recipe.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export bindir="${prefix}/games"
 export icondir="/ui/icons/apps"
 export gamesdir="${prefix}/share/games"
 
-if ! [[ -n "${COOKBOOK_PREFER_STATIC}" ]]; then
+if [ "${COOKBOOK_DYNAMIC}" == "1" ]; then
     LDFLAGS+=" -lstdc++"
 fi
 
diff --git a/recipes/games/quakespasm/recipe.toml b/recipes/games/quakespasm/recipe.toml
index f101e8975..58cefddb9 100644
--- a/recipes/games/quakespasm/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/games/quakespasm/recipe.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export USE_SDL2=1
 export USE_CODEC_MP3=0
 export DO_USERDIRS=1
 
-if ! [[ -n "${COOKBOOK_PREFER_STATIC}" ]]; then
+if [ "${COOKBOOK_DYNAMIC}" == "1" ]; then
     LDFLAGS+=" -lstdc++"
 fi
 
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libjpeg/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libjpeg/recipe.toml
index 646a06b7f..b7b417412 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libjpeg/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libjpeg/recipe.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ blake3 = "3efc14da55c56fc0a6a50f109d9e1ee8a91f5ae7dd17a21d3aebe04a65f3ee96"
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
+DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
 cookbook_cmake
 """
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libuv/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libuv/recipe.toml
index dcef35ca4..d6b4f9579 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libuv/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libuv/recipe.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ template = "custom"
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
 
-COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS=(
+COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS+=(
     -DBUILD_TESTING=Off
 )
 cookbook_cmake
diff --git a/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml
index d581c1b31..596010812 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml
@@ -17,27 +17,19 @@ export CFLAGS+=" -DHAVE_PTHREAD=1"
 export CPPFLAGS+=" -DHAVE_PTHREAD=1"
 export LLVM_CONFIG="${TARGET}-llvm-config"
 
-if [[ -n "${COOKBOOK_PREFER_STATIC}" ]]; then
-    export LDFLAGS+=" --static"
-    export DEFAULTLIB="static"
-    export LLVMSHARED="disabled"
+if [ "${COOKBOOK_DYNAMIC}" == "1" ]; then
+    COOKBOOK_MESON_FLAGS+=(-Dshared-llvm=enabled)
 else
-    export DEFAULTLIB="shared"
-    export LLVMSHARED="enabled"
+    COOKBOOK_MESON_FLAGS+=(-Dshared-llvm=disabled)
 fi
 
-COOKBOOK_MESON_FLAGS=(
-    -Ddefault_library="${DEFAULTLIB}"
-    -Dglx=disabled
-    -Dllvm=enabled
-    -Dosmesa=true
-    -Dplatforms=
-    -Dshader-cache=disabled
-    -Dshared-llvm="${LLVMSHARED}"
+cookbook_meson \
+    -Dglx=disabled \
+    -Dllvm=enabled \
+    -Dosmesa=true \
+    -Dplatforms= \
+    -Dshader-cache=disabled \
     -Dshared-glapi=disabled
-)
-
-cookbook_meson
 
 # Hack to add LLVM libs
 #TODO: only add necessary LLVM libs, not all of them
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/protobuf/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/protobuf/recipe.toml
index f0827b2a5..7c90d4522 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/protobuf/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/protobuf/recipe.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS=(
+COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS+=(
     -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
 )
 cookbook_cmake
diff --git a/src/bin/cook.rs b/src/bin/cook.rs
index 365e7315e..4ec65240f 100644
--- a/src/bin/cook.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cook.rs
@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ function DYNAMIC_INIT {
         --disable-static
     )
 
+    COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS=(
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True
+        -DENABLE_SHARED=True
+        -DENABLE_STATIC=False
+    )
+
     COOKBOOK_MESON_FLAGS=(
         --buildtype release
         --wrap-mode nofallback
@@ -255,6 +261,12 @@ function DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT {
             --enable-static
         )
 
+        COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS=(
+            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True
+            -DENABLE_SHARED=True
+            -DENABLE_STATIC=True
+        )
+
         COOKBOOK_MESON_FLAGS=(
             --buildtype release
             --wrap-mode nofallback
@@ -927,6 +939,11 @@ function cookbook_configure {
 
 COOKBOOK_CMAKE="cmake"
 COOKBOOK_NINJA="ninja"
+COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS=(
+    -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=False
+    -DENABLE_SHARED=False
+    -DENABLE_STATIC=True
+)
 function cookbook_cmake {
     cat > cross_file.cmake <<EOF
 set(CMAKE_AR ${TARGET}-ar)
@@ -959,8 +976,6 @@ EOF
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_SBINDIR=bin \
         -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cross_file.cmake \
-        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True \
-        -DENABLE_STATIC=False \
         -GNinja \
         -Wno-dev \
         "${COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS[@]}" \