diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mbedtls/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mbedtls/generic.nix
index 3383d3f8cc44..adc46adb75fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mbedtls/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mbedtls/generic.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DUSE_SHARED_MBEDTLS_LIBRARY=on"
+    "-DUSE_SHARED_MBEDTLS_LIBRARY=${if stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic then "off" else "on"}"
 
     # Avoid a dependency on jsonschema and jinja2 by not generating source code
     # using python. In releases, these generated files are already present in