diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix
index 044a16ec723..16c2876f9f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "DEFAULT_CC=cc"
     "CROSS=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}"
     "HOST_CC=${buildStdenv.cc}/bin/cc"
-  ] ++ lib.optional enableJITDebugModule "INSTALL_LJLIBD=$(INSTALL_LMOD)";
+  ] ++ lib.optional enableJITDebugModule "INSTALL_LJLIBD=$(INSTALL_LMOD)"
+    ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic "BUILDMODE=static";
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString XCFLAGS;