diff --git a/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk b/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk
index e62dfaf44a..1acf7d9e30 100644
--- a/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk
+++ b/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ TCPDUMP_DEPENDENCIES = zlib libpcap
 # Patching aclocal.m4
 TCPDUMP_AUTORECONF = YES
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),y)
+TCPDUMP_CONF_OPTS += LIBS="$(shell $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/pcap-config --static --additional-libs)"
+endif
+
 # make install installs an unneeded extra copy of the tcpdump binary
 define TCPDUMP_REMOVE_DUPLICATED_BINARY
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/tcpdump.$(TCPDUMP_VERSION)