diff --git a/packages/devel/gmp/package.mk b/packages/devel/gmp/package.mk
index 19e3598fbf..5ca2568ca5 100644
--- a/packages/devel/gmp/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/gmp/package.mk
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--enable-cxx"
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-cxx"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared --disable-cxx"
 
 pre_configure_host() {
   export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"