diff --git a/package/libs/pcre/Makefile b/package/libs/pcre/Makefile
index db157ec1b4..4d40f9c356 100644
--- a/package/libs/pcre/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/pcre/Makefile
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ define Package/libpcre32
 endef
 
 HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--disable-shared \
 	--enable-utf8 \
 	--enable-unicode-properties \
 	--enable-pcre16 \