diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 876126178ec..4438a484c6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4318,7 +4318,8 @@ let
       hostDrv = lib.overrideDerivation utillinuxng.hostDrv (args: {
         # `libblkid' fails to build on GNU/Hurd.
         configureFlags = args.configureFlags
-          + " --disable-libblkid --disable-mount --disable-fsck";
+          + " --disable-libblkid --disable-mount --disable-fsck"
+          + " --enable-static";
         doCheck = false;
         CPPFLAGS =                    # ugly hack for ugly software!
           lib.concatStringsSep " "