diff --git a/package/armadillo/armadillo.mk b/package/armadillo/armadillo.mk
index e2d7c3968f2a..0d2e85464f6a 100644
--- a/package/armadillo/armadillo.mk
+++ b/package/armadillo/armadillo.mk
@@ -30,4 +30,8 @@ ARMADILLO_CONF_OPTS += -DLAPACK_FOUND=ON
 ARMADILLO_DEPENDENCIES += lapack
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+ARMADILLO_CONF_OPTS += -DSTATIC_LIB=ON
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))