diff --git a/package/zabbix/zabbix.mk b/package/zabbix/zabbix.mk
index adc54028ad..e00d693ba5 100644
--- a/package/zabbix/zabbix.mk
+++ b/package/zabbix/zabbix.mk
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ endif
 
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_ZABBIX_SERVER
 
+# zabbix uses custom --enable-{static,shared} options, instead of
+# standard libtool directives resulting in a build failure with libcurl
+# or openssl.
+ifeq ($(BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+ZABBIX_CONF_OPTS += --disable-static
+endif
+
 define ZABBIX_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	$(foreach unit,$(ZABBIX_SYSTEMD_UNITS),\
 		$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(ZABBIX_PKGDIR)/$(unit) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/$(unit) && \