diff --git a/package/binutils/binutils.mk b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
index 2d60ce0747..5123568ec5 100644
--- a/package/binutils/binutils.mk
+++ b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ endif
 # We just keep the convention of "host utility" for now
 HOST_BINUTILS_CONF_OPT = --disable-multilib --disable-werror \
 			--target=$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+			--disable-shared --enable-static \
 			$(BR2_CONFIGURE_STAGING_SYSROOT) \
 			$(BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS)