diff --git a/CMakeModules/FindCOLLADA.cmake b/CMakeModules/FindCOLLADA.cmake
index 046419a29..77bbc2336 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/FindCOLLADA.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/FindCOLLADA.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-# Locate gdal
-# This module defines
-# COLLADA_LIBRARY
-# COLLADA_FOUND, if false, do not try to link to gdal 
+# Locate Collada
+# This module defines:
 # COLLADA_INCLUDE_DIR, where to find the headers
 #
+# COLLADA_LIBRARY, COLLADA_LIBRARY_DEBUG
+# COLLADA_FOUND, if false, do not try to link to Collada dynamically
+#
+# COLLADA_LIBRARY_STATIC, COLLADA_LIBRARY_STATIC_DEBUG
+# COLLADA_STATIC_FOUND, if false, do not try to link to Collada statically
+#
 # $COLLADA_DIR is an environment variable that would
 # correspond to the ./configure --prefix=$COLLADA_DIR
 #
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ FIND_PATH(COLLADA_INCLUDE_DIR dae.h
     /usr/freeware/include
 )
 
-FIND_LIBRARY(COLLADA_LIBRARY 
+FIND_LIBRARY(COLLADA_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY 
     NAMES collada_dom collada14dom libcollada14dom21
     PATHS
     $ENV{COLLADA_DIR}/build/vc8-1.4
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ FIND_LIBRARY(COLLADA_LIBRARY
     /usr/freeware/lib64
 )
 
-FIND_LIBRARY(COLLADA_LIBRARY_DEBUG 
+FIND_LIBRARY(COLLADA_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_DEBUG 
     NAMES collada_dom-d collada14dom-d libcollada14dom21-d
     PATHS
     $ENV{COLLADA_DIR}/build/vc8-1.4-d
@@ -77,9 +81,57 @@ FIND_LIBRARY(COLLADA_LIBRARY_DEBUG
     /usr/freeware/lib64
 )
 
+FIND_LIBRARY(COLLADA_STATIC_LIBRARY
+    NAMES collada_dom-s collada14dom-s libcollada14dom21-s
+    PATHS
+    $ENV{COLLADA_DIR}/build/vc8-1.4
+    $ENV{COLLADA_DIR}/lib
+    $ENV{COLLADA_DIR}/lib-dbg
+    $ENV{COLLADA_DIR}
+    $ENV{OSGDIR}/lib
+    $ENV{OSGDIR}
+    $ENV{OSG_ROOT}/lib
+    ~/Library/Frameworks
+    /Library/Frameworks
+    /usr/local/lib
+    /usr/local/lib64
+    /usr/lib
+    /usr/lib64
+    /sw/lib
+    /opt/local/lib
+    /opt/csw/lib
+    /opt/lib
+    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session\ Manager\\Environment;OSG_ROOT]/lib
+    /usr/freeware/lib64
+)
+
+FIND_LIBRARY(COLLADA_STATIC_LIBRARY_DEBUG 
+    NAMES collada_dom-sd collada14dom-sd libcollada14dom21-sd
+    PATHS
+    $ENV{COLLADA_DIR}/build/vc8-1.4-d
+    $ENV{COLLADA_DIR}/lib
+    $ENV{COLLADA_DIR}/lib-dbg
+    $ENV{COLLADA_DIR}
+    $ENV{OSGDIR}/lib
+    $ENV{OSGDIR}
+    $ENV{OSG_ROOT}/lib
+    ~/Library/Frameworks
+    /Library/Frameworks
+    /usr/local/lib
+    /usr/local/lib64
+    /usr/lib
+    /usr/lib64
+    /sw/lib
+    /opt/local/lib
+    /opt/csw/lib
+    /opt/lib
+    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session\ Manager\\Environment;OSG_ROOT]/lib
+    /usr/freeware/lib64
+)
+
 SET(COLLADA_FOUND "NO")
-IF(COLLADA_LIBRARY AND COLLADA_INCLUDE_DIR)
-    SET(COLLADA_FOUND "YES")
-ENDIF(COLLADA_LIBRARY AND COLLADA_INCLUDE_DIR)
-
-
+IF(COLLADA_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY OR COLLADA_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+    IF   (COLLADA_INCLUDE_DIR)
+        SET(COLLADA_FOUND "YES")
+    ENDIF(COLLADA_INCLUDE_DIR)
+ENDIF(COLLADA_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY OR COLLADA_STATIC_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/dae/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/dae/CMakeLists.txt
index ef5a4264f..f05a148d6 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/dae/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/dae/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,30 +21,27 @@ SET(TARGET_H
     domSourceReader.h
 )
 
-OPTION(COLLADA_USE_STATIC "Set to ON to build OpenSceneGraph with static Collada support." OFF)
-#MARK_AS_ADVANCED(COLLADA_USE_STATIC)
+IF   (COLLADA_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+    SET(COLLADA_USE_STATIC "YES")
+ELSE(COLLADA_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+    SET(COLLADA_USE_STATIC "NO")
+ENDIF(COLLADA_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+
+IF   (COLLADA_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY OR COLLADA_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+    OPTION(COLLADA_USE_STATIC "Set to ON to build OpenSceneGraph with static Collada support." OFF)
+    MARK_AS_ADVANCED(COLLADA_USE_STATIC)
+ENDIF(COLLADA_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY OR COLLADA_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
 IF    (WIN32)
 
   IF   (COLLADA_USE_STATIC)
-    SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES libxml2 pcrecpp-d pcre-d)
+    SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES libxml2 pcrecpp pcre)
   ELSE (COLLADA_USE_STATIC)
-#    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DDOM_DYNAMIC)
-    SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES libxml2 pcrecpp-d pcre-d)
+    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DDOM_DYNAMIC)
   ENDIF(COLLADA_USE_STATIC)
 
 ELSE (WIN32)
 
-    # SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES collada_dom collada_dae collada_STLDatabase collada_LIBXMLPlugin collada_stdErrPlugin xml2 )
-    # JC hack STLDatabase and XMLPlugin are statically linked on Linux
-    #
-    # This works in "shared" mode
-    # SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES collada_dom_shared collada_dae_shared xml2 )
-    #
-    # This works in "static" mode
-    # SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES collada_dom collada_dae xml2 pcrecpp)
-    #
-    # ...so what we need is a conditional way to properly SET() the right one.
     IF(COLLADA_USE_STATIC)
         SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES collada14dom xml2 pcrecpp)
     ELSE(COLLADA_USE_STATIC)
@@ -53,7 +50,12 @@ ELSE (WIN32)
 
 ENDIF(WIN32)
 
-SET(TARGET_LIBRARIES_VARS COLLADA_LIBRARY)
+IF   (COLLADA_USE_STATIC)
+    SET(TARGET_LIBRARIES_VARS COLLADA_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+ELSE (COLLADA_USE_STATIC)
+    SET(TARGET_LIBRARIES_VARS COLLADA_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY)
+ENDIF(COLLADA_USE_STATIC)
+ 
 SET(TARGET_ADDED_LIBRARIES osgSim ) 
 
 #### end var setup  ###