diff --git a/widget/src/shared/x11/Makefile.in b/widget/src/shared/x11/Makefile.in
index d90a8065e913..60606436e163 100644
--- a/widget/src/shared/x11/Makefile.in
+++ b/widget/src/shared/x11/Makefile.in
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ CSRCS      = \
        keysym2ucs.c \
        $(NULL)
 
+# we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
+FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/config.mk
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk