diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cb06e7192..a87a03b9e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ else()
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} ${RELEASE_FLAGS}")
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} ${RELEASE_FLAGS}")
   if(STATIC AND NOT APPLE AND NOT FREEBSD)
-    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++")
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -static")
   endif()
 endif()