diff --git a/recipes/python/recipe.sh b/recipes/python/recipe.sh
index 10357bbec0cbaf6b081edd57c9f5052718345a97..7a024f103e81f3f20643a607b3e40224e2e62000 100644
--- a/recipes/python/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/python/recipe.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ function recipe_update {
 }
 
 function recipe_build {
+    export LDFLAGS="-static"
     cp ../config.site ./
     ./configure \
         --build=${BUILD} \
@@ -42,6 +43,6 @@ function recipe_clean {
 function recipe_stage {
     dest="$(realpath $1)"
     make DESTDIR="$dest" install -j"$(nproc)"
-    "$STRIP" "$dest/bin/python3.7"
+    "$STRIP" "$dest/bin/python3.7" "$dest/bin/python3.7m"
     skip=1
 }