diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/libldb/libldb_1.1.21.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/libldb/libldb_1.1.21.bb
index e9659d5fb4..bdad87d38a 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/libldb/libldb_1.1.21.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/libldb/libldb_1.1.21.bb
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-rpath \
                  --with-privatelibdir=${libdir}/ldb \
                  --with-libiconv=${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${prefix}\
                 "
+DISABLE_STATIC = ""
 
 PACKAGES += "pyldb pyldb-dbg pyldb-dev"