diff --git a/recipes/netsurf/recipe.sh b/recipes/netsurf/recipe.sh
index 28b7246ff9b8fa661ac2018fc91e1560f57a975a..0bfc582b2a3eeebcc848c7742723409d6359495a 100644
--- a/recipes/netsurf/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/netsurf/recipe.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function recipe_build {
     sysroot="$(realpath ../sysroot)"
     export TARGET="framebuffer"
     export CFLAGS="-I$sysroot/include -I${PWD}/inst-${TARGET}/include"
-    export LDFLAGS="-L$sysroot/lib -L${PWD}/inst-${TARGET}/lib -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition"
+    export LDFLAGS="-L$sysroot/lib -L${PWD}/inst-${TARGET}/lib -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition -Wl,-Bstatic"
     # nghttp2 is not linked for some reason
     export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -lcurl -lnghttp2"
     make V=1 -j"$(nproc)"