diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxml2/build b/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
index 3fa619dad4..cb827c7cb6 100755
--- a/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ cd .build-target
              --build=$HOST_NAME \
              --prefix=/usr \
              --sysconfdir=/etc \
-             --disable-static \
+             --enable-static \
              --enable-shared \
              --with-iconv \
              --disable-ipv6 \