diff --git a/package/fstrcmp/fstrcmp.mk b/package/fstrcmp/fstrcmp.mk
index 9c42159afb..294104b284 100644
--- a/package/fstrcmp/fstrcmp.mk
+++ b/package/fstrcmp/fstrcmp.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ FSTRCMP_CONF_ENV = LIBTOOL="$(HOST_DIR)/bin/libtool"
 
 FSTRCMP_MAKE_OPTS = all-bin libdir/pkgconfig/fstrcmp.pc
 
+# fstrcmp does not carry and use the usual ltmain.sh wrappers, so it does not
+# inherit from our libtool patches to make -static behave like -all-static.
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+FSTRCMP_MAKE_OPTS += LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -all-static"
+endif
+
 # We need to install the package files ourselves due to upstream trying
 # to install a .lai file which is missing because of rpath removal
 define FSTRCMP_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS