diff --git a/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk b/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
index 52a054a686..b7a58f188d 100644
--- a/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--target=${TARGET_NAME} \
                          --with-sysroot=${SYSROOT_PREFIX} \
                          --with-lib-path=${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/lib:${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib \
                          --without-ppl \
+                         --enable-static \
                          --without-cloog \
                          --disable-werror \
                          --disable-multilib \
diff --git a/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk b/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk
index 384fefb492..6cfe0dfaf0 100644
--- a/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ pre_configure_host() {
     --localstatedir=$TOOLCHAIN/var \
     --prefix=$TOOLCHAIN \
     --sbindir=$TOOLCHAIN/sbin \
-    --static \
     --sysconfdir=$TOOLCHAIN/etc \
     --enable-tools \
     --disable-attr \