diff --git a/gnu/packages/curl.scm b/gnu/packages/curl.scm
index 8bed48fd87..08bbda12e0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/curl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/curl.scm
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
            (separator #f)                         ;single entry
            (files '("etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt")))))
    (arguments
-    `(#:configure-flags '("--with-gnutls" "--with-gssapi")
+    `(#:configure-flags '("--with-gnutls" "--with-gssapi"
+                          "--disable-static")
       ;; Add a phase to patch '/bin/sh' occurances in tests/runtests.pl
       #:phases
       (modify-phases %standard-phases