diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index ea07b47486..17b11c1473 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -5020,6 +5020,8 @@ (define-public libxrandr
           (base32
             "08z0mqywrm7ij8bxlfrx0d2wy6kladdmkva1nw5k6qix82z0xsla"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     '(#:configure-flags '("--disable-static")))
     (propagated-inputs
       ;; In accordance with xrandr.pc.
       `(("libx11" ,libx11)