diff --git a/packages/network/libtirpc/package.mk b/packages/network/libtirpc/package.mk
index 73acdfe29c..53c1c7566d 100644
--- a/packages/network/libtirpc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/libtirpc/package.mk
@@ -33,4 +33,9 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Libtirpc is a port of Suns Transport-Independent RPC library to Li
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-silent-rules --enable-ipv6 --disable-gssapi --with-gnu-ld"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared \
+                           --disable-silent-rules \
+                           --enable-ipv6 \
+                           --disable-gssapi \
+                           --with-gnu-ld"
+