diff --git a/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake b/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake
--- a/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake
@@ -3,9 +3,19 @@
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 macro(install_target _target)
+	set(RUNTIME_DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}")
+	# CMake installs Windows shared libraries to the RUNTIME destination folder,
+	# but autotools install them into the LIBRARY destination folder.
+	# This special case only purpose is to provide identical installation trees
+	# between CMake and autotools.
+	get_target_property(_target_type ${_target} TYPE)
+	if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows" AND _target_type STREQUAL "SHARED_LIBRARY")
+		set(RUNTIME_DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+	endif()
+
 	install(
 		TARGETS ${_target}
-		RUNTIME DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}"
+		RUNTIME DESTINATION "${RUNTIME_DESTINATION}"
 		LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
 		PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}"
 	)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 option(BUILD_BITCOIN_CLI "Build bitcoin-cli" ON)
 option(BUILD_BITCOIN_TX "Build bitcoin-tx" ON)
 option(BUILD_BITCOIN_QT "Build bitcoin-qt" ON)
+option(BUILD_LIBBITCOINCONSENSUS "Build the bitcoinconsenus library" ON)
 option(ENABLE_HARDENING "Harden the executables" ON)
 option(ENABLE_REDUCE_EXPORTS "Reduce the amount of exported symbols" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_STATIC_LIBSTDCXX "Statically link libstdc++" OFF)
@@ -553,3 +554,40 @@
 if(BUILD_BITCOIN_QT)
 	add_subdirectory(qt)
 endif()
+
+if(BUILD_LIBBITCOINCONSENSUS)
+	add_library(bitcoinconsensus SHARED $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bitcoin_consensus,SOURCES>)
+	target_include_directories(bitcoinconsensus PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bitcoin_consensus,INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
+	target_compile_definitions(bitcoinconsensus PUBLIC HAVE_CONFIG_H BUILD_BITCOIN_INTERNAL)
+
+	set_target_properties(bitcoinconsensus PROPERTIES PUBLIC_HEADER script/bitcoinconsensus.h)
+
+	if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
+		# On linux: libbitcoinconsensus.so --symlink--> libbitcoinconsensus.so.0 --symlink--> libbitcoinconsensus.so.0.0.0
+		set_target_properties(bitcoinconsensus PROPERTIES
+			# FIXME For compatibility reason with autotools, the version is set
+			# to 0.0.0 (major being actually 0). This is obviously wrong and the
+			# version of the library should reflect the version of the release.
+			# On platforms other than linux, only the major version (0) is used.
+			# Replace the VERSION line with the statement below to set the
+			# correct version:
+			# VERSION "${bitcoin-abc_VERSION}"
+			VERSION "${bitcoin-abc_VERSION_MAJOR}.0.0"
+			SOVERSION "${bitcoin-abc_VERSION_MAJOR}"
+		)
+	else()
+		set_target_properties(bitcoinconsensus PROPERTIES
+			VERSION "${bitcoin-abc_VERSION_MAJOR}"
+		)
+	endif()
+
+	# For autotools compatibility, rename the library to
+	# libbitcoinconsensus-0.dll
+	if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
+		set_target_properties(bitcoinconsensus PROPERTIES
+			OUTPUT_NAME "bitcoinconsensus-${bitcoin-abc_VERSION_MAJOR}"
+		)
+	endif()
+
+	install_target(bitcoinconsensus)
+endif()
diff --git a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -178,3 +178,7 @@
 			../wallet/test/coinselector_tests.cpp
 	)
 endif()
+
+if(BUILD_LIBBITCOINCONSENSUS)
+	target_compile_definitions(test_bitcoin PRIVATE HAVE_CONSENSUS_LIB)
+endif()