diff -Naur a/package/Makefile.in b/package/Makefile.in
--- a/package/Makefile.in       2012-08-31 03:49:41.000000000 -0500
+++ b/package/Makefile.in       2012-11-05 10:45:45.000000000 -0600
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@

 ifeq ($(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),y)
 SHARED_STATIC_LIBS_OPTS=--enable-static --disable-shared
-TARGET_LDFLAGS += -static
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += --static
 else
 SHARED_STATIC_LIBS_OPTS=--enable-static --enable-shared
 endif