diff --git a/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk b/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
index 22ee7d8153..9c09085548 100644
--- a/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--target=$TARGET_NAME \
                          --with-lib-path=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/lib:$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib \
                          --without-ppl \
                          --without-cloog \
+                         --enable-static \
+                         --disable-shared \
                          --disable-werror \
                          --disable-multilib \
                          --disable-libada \
@@ -79,10 +81,12 @@ makeinstall_host() {
 
 make_target() {
   make configure-host
-  make -C libiberty libiberty.a
+  make -C libiberty
+  make -C bfd
 }
 
 makeinstall_target() {
   mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
     cp libiberty/libiberty.a $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+  make DESTDIR="$SYSROOT_PREFIX" -C bfd install
 }