diff --git a/packages/x11/lib/libXfont/package.mk b/packages/x11/lib/libXfont/package.mk
index c276bf9e6f..073665e2df 100644
--- a/packages/x11/lib/libXfont/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/lib/libXfont/package.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="X font Library"
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-ipv6 \
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared \
+                           --disable-ipv6 \
                            --enable-freetype \
                            --enable-builtins \
                            --disable-pcfformat \