diff --git a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/monkey/monkey_1.5.6.bb b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/monkey/monkey_1.5.6.bb
index d7330a17de..22d88f8e92 100644
--- a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/monkey/monkey_1.5.6.bb
+++ b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/monkey/monkey_1.5.6.bb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--plugdir=${libdir}/monkey/ \
                 --disable-plugins=mbedtls \
                 --debug \
                 --malloc-libc"
+DISABLE_STATIC = ""
 
 inherit autotools-brokensep pkgconfig update-rc.d systemd