diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix
index fbe11db165f..6f3f78e5501 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       ''PREFIX="''$(out)"''
       "NUM_THREADS=64"
       "INTERFACE64=${if blas64 then "1" else "0"}"
+      "NO_STATIC=1"
     ]
     ++ mapAttrsToList (var: val: var + "=" + val) config;