diff --git a/package/lm-sensors/lm-sensors.mk b/package/lm-sensors/lm-sensors.mk
index f581b5cd8f..6fc7ce4981 100644
--- a/package/lm-sensors/lm-sensors.mk
+++ b/package/lm-sensors/lm-sensors.mk
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ LM_SENSORS_MAKE_OPTS = \
 	PREFIX=/usr
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-LM_SENSORS_MAKE_OPTS += BUILD_SHARED_LIB=0
+LM_SENSORS_MAKE_OPTS += BUILD_SHARED_LIB=0 EXLDFLAGS=-static
 else
 LM_SENSORS_MAKE_OPTS += BUILD_SHARED_LIB=1
 endif