diff --git a/mingw-w64-xmlsec/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-xmlsec/PKGBUILD
index 17c97e2d09..9e87bc2108 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-xmlsec/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-xmlsec/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ _realname=xmlsec
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
 pkgver=1.2.37
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="XML Security Library is a C library based on LibXML2 (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw32' 'mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clang32' 'clangarm64')
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ build() {
     --host=${MINGW_CHOST} \
     --disable-shared \
     --enable-static \
+    --enable-static-linking \
     --enable-mscrypto \
     --enable-mscng