diff --git a/mozilla/java/webclient/src_share/Makefile.in b/mozilla/java/webclient/src_share/Makefile.in
index 35bb5b7153e..33b61dcca23 100644
--- a/mozilla/java/webclient/src_share/Makefile.in
+++ b/mozilla/java/webclient/src_share/Makefile.in
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ endif
 
 override NO_SHARED_LIB=1
 override NO_STATIC_LIB=
+# 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/rules.mk