diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 6d72f5d859..2329746d55 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ stream decoding")
                           (ncurses (assoc-ref inputs "ncurses")))
                       (setenv "CONFIG_SHELL" (which "bash"))
                       (invoke "./configure"
+                              "--disable-static"
                               (string-append "--prefix=" out)
                               (string-append "--build=" build)
                               (string-append "--with-ncurses="