diff --git a/packages/security/libressl/package.mk b/packages/security/libressl/package.mk
index a8b1eebbe3..5e88d6b57d 100644
--- a/packages/security/libressl/package.mk
+++ b/packages/security/libressl/package.mk
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="LibreSSL is a FREE version of the SSL/TLS protocol forked from Ope
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--enable-static --disable-shared"
+
 post_makeinstall_target() {
 # ca-certification: provides a tool to download and create ca-bundle.crt
 # download url: http://curl.haxx.se