diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/builder.sh b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/builder.sh
index 8482aeed5f8f..823d1e6a54b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/builder.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ postInstall() {
 }
 
 
+configureFlags="--disable-static $configureFlags"
+
+
 installFlags="appdefaultdir=$out/share/X11/app-defaults"