diff --git a/package/sngrep/sngrep.mk b/package/sngrep/sngrep.mk
index 52c8a2da4e..b82d8cefa7 100644
--- a/package/sngrep/sngrep.mk
+++ b/package/sngrep/sngrep.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ SNGREP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 SNGREP_AUTORECONF = YES
 SNGREP_DEPENDENCIES = libpcap ncurses
 
+SNGREP_CONF_ENV += \
+	$(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),LIBS="`$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/pcap-config --static --libs`")
+
 # our ncurses wchar support is not properly detected
 SNGREP_CONF_OPTS += --disable-unicode