diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbfd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbfd/default.nix
index 499f04349b5d..154e604e4976 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbfd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbfd/default.nix
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-targets=all" "--enable-64-bit-bfd"
     "--enable-install-libbfd"
-    "--enable-shared"
     "--with-system-zlib"
-  ];
+  ] ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) "--enable-shared";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;