diff --git a/thirdparty/qxt/qxtweb-standalone/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/qxt/qxtweb-standalone/CMakeLists.txt
index 699c7bfc4..6375e2dcc 100644
--- a/thirdparty/qxt/qxtweb-standalone/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/qxt/qxtweb-standalone/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ADD_DEFINITIONS( -Wall -O2 -DNDEBUG )
 IF( NOT WIN32 )
         ADD_DEFINITIONS( -fPIC )
 ENDIF()
-ADD_DEFINITIONS( -DBUILD_QXT_CORE -DBUILD_QXT_WEB )
+ADD_DEFINITIONS( -DBUILD_QXT_CORE -DBUILD_QXT_WEB -DQXT_STATIC )
 
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${qxtweb} ${qxtcore} ${qxtnet} )