diff --git a/packages/audio/libmad/package.mk b/packages/audio/libmad/package.mk
index 2663ea3f02..e8360132d6 100644
--- a/packages/audio/libmad/package.mk
+++ b/packages/audio/libmad/package.mk
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 # package specific configure options
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"
 if [ $TARGET_ARCH == "x86_64" ] ; then
-  PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-accuracy --enable-fpm=64bit"
+  PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="$PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET --enable-accuracy --enable-fpm=64bit"
 fi
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {