diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/soci/soci_3.2.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/soci/soci_3.2.2.bb
index d1964ebc6a..1f5a485a7d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/soci/soci_3.2.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/soci/soci_3.2.2.bb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= "empty"
 
 # Take the flags added by PACKAGECONFIG and pass them to cmake.
 EXTRA_OECMAKE = "${EXTRA_OECONF} -DSOCI_LIBDIR=${libdir}"
+DISABLE_STATIC = ""
 
 inherit cmake