diff --git a/mailnews/mime/cthandlers/glue/Makefile.in b/mailnews/mime/cthandlers/glue/Makefile.in
index f801a153365..69e2f78e76e 100644
--- a/mailnews/mime/cthandlers/glue/Makefile.in
+++ b/mailnews/mime/cthandlers/glue/Makefile.in
@@ -49,5 +49,8 @@ EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS = \
 		$(MOZ_COMPONENT_LIBS) \
 		$(NULL)
 
+# glue lib should be static
+FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
+
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
diff --git a/mailnews/mime/cthandlers/glue/makefile.win b/mailnews/mime/cthandlers/glue/makefile.win
index 1b1ff84ee5e..332cf509346 100644
--- a/mailnews/mime/cthandlers/glue/makefile.win
+++ b/mailnews/mime/cthandlers/glue/makefile.win
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ OBJS=						\
 #//
 #//------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
+#// Force glue library to be static
+MOZ_STATIC_COMPONENT_LIBS=1
 
 #//------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #//