diff --git a/package/qextserialport/qextserialport.mk b/package/qextserialport/qextserialport.mk
index 15cb74cbd4..3641353a3f 100644
--- a/package/qextserialport/qextserialport.mk
+++ b/package/qextserialport/qextserialport.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ QEXTSERIALPORT_LICENSE = MIT
 QEXTSERIALPORT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.md
 QEXTSERIALPORT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+QEXTSERIALPORT_CONF_OPTS += CONFIG+=qesp_static
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT),y)
 QEXTSERIALPORT_DEPENDENCIES += qt
 QEXTSERIALPORT_QMAKE = $(QT_QMAKE)
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ QEXTSERIALPORT_QMAKE = $(QT5_QMAKE)
 endif
 
 define QEXTSERIALPORT_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	cd $(@D); $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(QEXTSERIALPORT_QMAKE)
+	cd $(@D); $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(QEXTSERIALPORT_QMAKE) $(QEXTSERIALPORT_CONF_OPTS)
 endef
 
 define QEXTSERIALPORT_BUILD_CMDS
@@ -32,8 +36,12 @@ define QEXTSERIALPORT_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	cp $(@D)/qextserialport.pc $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 endef
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+QEXTSERIALPORT_INSTALL_STAGING = NO
+else
 define QEXTSERIALPORT_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	cp -a $(@D)/*.so.* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib
 endef
+endif
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))