diff --git a/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk b/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
index 0a0977fe8c..830df56e69 100644
--- a/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="utrace_cv_cc_biarch=false \
                            --without-bzlib \
                            --without-lzma"
 
+pre_configure_host() {
+  HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS=$(echo ${HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS} | sed -e "s|--disable-static||" -e "s|--enable-shared||")
+}
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS=$(echo ${TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS} | sed -e "s|--disable-static||" -e "s|--enable-shared||")
+}
+
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   # don't install progs into sysroot
   rm -fr ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/bin