diff --git a/cpp/locality/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/locality/CMakeLists.txt
index b29c19984..7d32b89fa 100644
--- a/cpp/locality/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/locality/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set(locality_extension_sources
     export_PeriodicBuffer.cc export_Voronoi.cc)
 
 # create the target and add the needed properties
-nanobind_add_module(_locality SHARED module-locality.cc
+nanobind_add_module(_locality ${freud_nanobind_linking} module-locality.cc
                     ${locality_extension_sources})
 target_link_libraries(_locality PUBLIC libfreud)
 
diff --git a/cpp/util/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/util/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f6501366..6acae7295 100644
--- a/cpp/util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set(util_extension_headers export_ManagedArray.h export_Vector.h)
 
-nanobind_add_module(_util NB_SHARED module-util.cc ${util_extension_headers})
+nanobind_add_module(_util ${freud_nanobind_linking} module-util.cc ${util_extension_headers})
 target_link_libraries(_util PUBLIC libfreud)
 
 target_set_install_rpath(_util)