diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
index dd907ab6a..3cdb44613 100755
--- a/SConscript
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 # ============
 # SCons script
 # ============
@@ -249,7 +248,7 @@ if GetOption("ptw32-static"):
 # check if we need to do static linking.
 
 if(GetOption('static')):
-	env.Append(LINKFLAGS=['-static-libgcc'])
+	env.Append(LINKFLAGS=['-static-libgcc','-static'])
 
 # check if we need to compile the save renderer. add a define accordingly. compile the game by default.