diff --git a/packages/x11/lib/libXi/package.mk b/packages/x11/lib/libXi/package.mk
index e50f62504e..17d5bd1f23 100644
--- a/packages/x11/lib/libXi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/lib/libXi/package.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="LibXi provides an X Window System client interface to the XINPUT e
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-malloc0returnsnull \
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared \
+                           --enable-malloc0returnsnull \
                            --disable-silent-rules \
                            --disable-docs \
                            --disable-specs \