diff --git a/extra/mariabackup/crc/CMakeLists.txt b/extra/mariabackup/crc/CMakeLists.txt
index 577cab6080c..91758cdf520 100644
--- a/extra/mariabackup/crc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extra/mariabackup/crc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ ENDIF()
 IF(HAVE_CLMUL_INSTRUCTION)
   ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DHAVE_CLMUL_INSTRUCTION)
 ENDIF()
-ADD_LIBRARY(crc crc_glue.c crc-intel-pclmul.c)
+ADD_LIBRARY(crc STATIC crc_glue.c crc-intel-pclmul.c)