diff --git a/package/libelf/Config.in b/package/libelf/Config.in
index e0108f2a3f..3fc933f005 100644
--- a/package/libelf/Config.in
+++ b/package/libelf/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBELF
 	default n
 	help
 	  This is the public release of libelf-0.8.5, a free ELF object
-	  file access library.
+	  file access library. This build does not generate a shared
+	  library.
 
 	  http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~michael/software/
diff --git a/package/libelf/libelf.mk b/package/libelf/libelf.mk
index 3fa3151206..119155c82c 100644
--- a/package/libelf/libelf.mk
+++ b/package/libelf/libelf.mk
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $(LIBELF_DIR)/.configured: $(LIBELF_DIR)/.source
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--sysconfdir=/etc \
 		$(DISABLE_NLS) \
-		--enable-shared \
+		--disable-shared \
 	);
 	touch $(LIBELF_DIR)/.configured;