diff --git a/gnu/packages/gd.scm b/gnu/packages/gd.scm
index 5b3f8509f8..6afccb7b0c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gd.scm
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
       ;; As recommended by github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/278 to fix rounding
       ;; issues on aarch64 and other architectures.
      `(#:make-flags '("CFLAGS=-ffp-contract=off")
+       #:configure-flags '("--disable-static")
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
          ;; This test is known to fail on i686-linux: