diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a62e3774ad..492f02b84a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ To install release candidates run `[sudo] gem install cocoapods --pre`
   [Igor Makarov](https://github.com/igor-makarov)
   [#9431](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/pull/9431)
 
+* Fix an issue that caused an incorrect warning to be emitted for CLI targets with static libraries  
+  [Eric Amorde](https://github.com/amorde)
+  [#9498](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/9498)
+
 ## 1.9.0.beta.2 (2019-12-17)
 
 ##### Enhancements
diff --git a/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb b/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb
index 54ae3cb0c2..dd4c7e0a53 100644
--- a/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb
+++ b/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb
@@ -334,15 +334,16 @@ def embedded_target_pod_targets_by_host(aggregate_target, embedded_aggregate_tar
       #
       def analyze_host_targets_in_podfile(aggregate_targets, embedded_aggregate_targets)
         target_definitions_by_uuid = {}
-        cli_host_with_frameworks = []
+        cli_host_with_dynamic_linkage = []
         cli_product_type = 'com.apple.product-type.tool'
         # Collect aggregate target definitions by uuid to later lookup host target
         # definitions and verify their compatibility with their embedded targets
         aggregate_targets.each do |target|
           target.user_targets.each do |user_target|
-            target_definitions_by_uuid[user_target.uuid] = target.target_definition
-            if user_target.product_type == cli_product_type
-              cli_host_with_frameworks << user_target
+            target_definition = target.target_definition
+            target_definitions_by_uuid[user_target.uuid] = target_definition
+            if user_target.product_type == cli_product_type && target_definition.build_type.linkage == :dynamic
+              cli_host_with_dynamic_linkage << user_target
             end
           end
         end
@@ -368,10 +369,10 @@ def analyze_host_targets_in_podfile(aggregate_targets, embedded_aggregate_target
           end
         end
 
-        unless cli_host_with_frameworks.empty?
-          UI.warn "The Podfile contains command line tool target(s) (#{cli_host_with_frameworks.map(&:name).to_sentence}) which are attempting to integrate dynamic frameworks." \
+        unless cli_host_with_dynamic_linkage.empty?
+          UI.warn "The Podfile contains command line tool target(s) (#{cli_host_with_dynamic_linkage.map(&:name).to_sentence}) which are attempting to integrate dynamic frameworks or libraries." \
             "\n" \
-            'This may not behave as expected, because command line tools are usually distributed as a single binary and cannot contain their own dynamic frameworks.'
+            'This may not behave as expected, because command line tools are usually distributed as a single binary and cannot contain their own dynamic dependencies.'
         end
 
         unless embedded_targets_missing_hosts.empty?
diff --git a/spec/unit/installer/analyzer_spec.rb b/spec/unit/installer/analyzer_spec.rb
index ecaadde312..d29c6dabd1 100644
--- a/spec/unit/installer/analyzer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/installer/analyzer_spec.rb
@@ -2006,7 +2006,22 @@ module Pod
           end
           analyzer = Pod::Installer::Analyzer.new(config.sandbox, podfile)
           analyzer.analyze
-          UI.warnings.should.match /The Podfile contains command line tool target\(s\) \(SampleCommandLineTool\) which are attempting to integrate dynamic frameworks\./
+          UI.warnings.should.match /The Podfile contains command line tool target\(s\) \(SampleCommandLineTool\) which are attempting to integrate dynamic frameworks or libraries\./
+        end
+
+        it 'does not warn when using static libraries with CLI targets' do
+          project_path = fixture('Sample Extensions Project/Sample Extensions Project')
+          podfile = Pod::Podfile.new do
+            source SpecHelper.test_repo_url
+            platform :ios, '8.0'
+            project project_path
+            target 'SampleCommandLineTool' do
+              pod 'monkey'
+            end
+          end
+          analyzer = Pod::Installer::Analyzer.new(config.sandbox, podfile)
+          analyzer.analyze
+          UI.warnings.should.be.empty?
         end
 
         it 'raises when the extension calls use_frameworks!, but the host target does not' do