diff --git a/libc/Android.bp b/libc/Android.bp
index fe263fd..99455c1 100644
--- a/libc/Android.bp
+++ b/libc/Android.bp
@@ -2282,6 +2282,8 @@
         "bionic", // crtbegin.c includes bionic/libc_init_common.h
     ],
 
+    cflags: [ "-DCRTBEGIN_STATIC", ],
+
     srcs: ["arch-common/bionic/crtbegin.c"],
     objs: [
         "crtbrand",