diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
index fd6dc825d1e..c267b8f47fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # FIXME: Add optional Qt support.
   buildInputs = [ binutils popt makeWrapper gawk which gnugrep ];
 
-  configureFlags = "--with-kernel-support";
+  configureFlags = "--with-kernel-support --disable-shared";
 
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/opcontrol"					\
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = "GPLv2";
     homepage = http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/;
   };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}