diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/jansson/jansson_2.14.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/jansson/jansson_2.14.bb
index 39663d1218..833060686a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/jansson/jansson_2.14.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/jansson/jansson_2.14.bb
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "${BPN}-(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)\.tar"
 
 inherit cmake pkgconfig
 
+EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DJANSSON_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${@ 'OFF' if d.getVar('DISABLE_STATIC') == '' else 'ON' }"
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"