diff --git a/package/bustle/bustle.mk b/package/bustle/bustle.mk
index c6c3a72a91..b92d1a3ea9 100644
--- a/package/bustle/bustle.mk
+++ b/package/bustle/bustle.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ BUSTLE_SITE = https://hackage.haskell.org/package/bustle-$(BUSTLE_VERSION)
 BUSTLE_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 BUSTLE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 BUSTLE_DEPENDENCIES = libglib2 libpcap host-pkgconf
-BUSTLE_MAKE_OPTS = PCAP_CONFIG=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/pcap-config
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+BUSTLE_MAKE_OPTS += PCAP_CONFIG="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/pcap-config --static"
+else
+BUSTLE_MAKE_OPTS += PCAP_CONFIG="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/pcap-config"
+endif
 
 define BUSTLE_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \