diff --git a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
index 1b318d1eea..6a4d8ee709 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Expat is an XML parser library written in C. It is a stream-orient
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--enable-static --disable-shared"
+
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
 }