diff --git a/packages/security/nettle/package.mk b/packages/security/nettle/package.mk
index 3d81578fd5..8e6c70a80f 100644
--- a/packages/security/nettle/package.mk
+++ b/packages/security/nettle/package.mk
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily i
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-openssl"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared --disable-openssl"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
 # dont build parallel
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ pre_configure_target() {
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}