diff --git a/pkg-config/config/defaults b/pkg-config/config/defaults
index d62ad8f..1c0f07d 100644
--- a/pkg-config/config/defaults
+++ b/pkg-config/config/defaults
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 version=0.25
 base_url=http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/releases
 archive_format=tar.gz
+configure_flag_static=--enable-static