diff --git a/cross-scripts/libtorrent b/cross-scripts/libtorrent
index 7989b3a..7af7619 100644
--- a/cross-scripts/libtorrent
+++ b/cross-scripts/libtorrent
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ unpack() {
 
 build() {
 	pushd src/libtorrent-0.13.3
-	CXX=x86_64-linux-musl-g++ ./configure --prefix=$libcroot \
+	CXX="x86_64-linux-musl-g++ -static" ./configure --prefix=$libcroot \
 		--disable-openssl --disable-shared || return 1
 	sed -i 's/#define USE_EXECINFO 1//g' config.h
 	make -j$nprocs || return 1