diff --git a/meta/classes/waf.bbclass b/meta/classes/waf.bbclass
index b3b5e94bdc..5e55833ca4 100644
--- a/meta/classes/waf.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/waf.bbclass
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# avoids build breaks when using no-static-libs.inc
+DISABLE_STATIC = ""
+
 def get_waf_parallel_make(d):
     pm = d.getVar('PARALLEL_MAKE', True)
     if pm: