diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-git/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-git/template
index 49f53136a9d..faabf9a6a3e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-git/template
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ revision=1
 nofetch=yes
 noextract=yes
 build_style=configure
-configure_args="--prefix=/ --exec-prefix=/usr --sbindir=/usr/sbin --with-pie --with-tests"
+configure_args="--prefix=/ --exec-prefix=/usr --sbindir=/usr/sbin
+--with-static --with-pie --with-tests"
 depends="xbps-triggers libxbps-git>=$version"
 makedepends="git which pkg-config zlib-devel proplib-devel openssl-devel
 libarchive-devel libfetch-devel confuse-devel atf-devel>=0.16"