diff --git a/build/pkgs/nauty/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/nauty/spkg-install.in
index a2557c3cd8e..409026d7d5a 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/nauty/spkg-install.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/nauty/spkg-install.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ fi
 
 # Nauty doesn't have an install target; passing a prefix to configure is
 # useless (but harmless)
-sdh_configure CC="$CC -fPIC" $NAUTY_CONFIGURE
+sdh_configure CC="$CC -fPIC" $NAUTY_CONFIGURE --enable-static --disable-shared
 sdh_make
 
 # No install target so we resort to manual copy