diff --git a/package/libs/pcre/Makefile b/package/libs/pcre/Makefile
index 42149fc511f..43267562eaf 100644
--- a/package/libs/pcre/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/pcre/Makefile
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ define Package/libpcrecpp
 endef
 
 HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--disable-shared \
 	--enable-utf8 \
 	--enable-unicode-properties \
 	--enable-pcre16 \