diff --git a/package/doxygen/doxygen.mk b/package/doxygen/doxygen.mk
index 6d8727208a..ee8ae4fde4 100644
--- a/package/doxygen/doxygen.mk
+++ b/package/doxygen/doxygen.mk
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ DOXYGEN_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 DOXYGEN_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 HOST_DOXYGEN_DEPENDENCIES = host-flex host-bison
 
+HOST_DOXYGEN_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+
 $(eval $(host-cmake-package))