diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.darwin-ppc.darwin-ppc b/configure/os/CONFIG.darwin-ppc.darwin-ppc
index fbbb6b8a1..818ae5342 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.darwin-ppc.darwin-ppc
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.darwin-ppc.darwin-ppc
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@ CODE_CXXFLAGS =
 #
 OPT_CFLAGS_YES = -O2
 OPT_CXXFLAGS_YES = -O2
+
+#
+# Static linking fails on OS X (missing crt0.o)
+#
+STATIC_LDFLAGS_YES =