diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index ab680209a9..cb877bcd7e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -1499,6 +1499,8 @@ hash/signatures.")
         (base32
          "1x4fcw13r3lqy8ndydr3ili87wicplw2awbcv6r21qgyfndswhn6"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     '(#:configure-flags '("--disable-static")))
     (home-page "http://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML")
     (synopsis "YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C")
     (description