diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc
index 75359928a14..8898d53d756 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ DISABLE_STATIC:pn-libusb1-native = ""
 # needed by rust
 DISABLE_STATIC:pn-musl = ""
 
+# needed by shadow-native to build static executables, particularly useradd
+DISABLE_STATIC:pn-attr-native = ""
+DISABLE_STATIC:pn-libbsd-native = ""
+DISABLE_STATIC:pn-libmd-native = ""
+
 EXTRA_OECONF:append = "${DISABLE_STATIC}"
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE:append:pn-libical = " -DSHARED_ONLY=True"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow.inc
index c024746d4ff..43f456251a5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow.inc
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += "--without-libcrack \
 
 CFLAGS:append:libc-musl = " -DLIBBSD_OVERLAY"
 
+# Force static linking of utilities so we can use from the sysroot/sstate for useradd
+# without worrying about the dependency libraries being available
+LDFLAGS:append:class-native = " -no-pie"
+do_compile:prepend:class-native () {
+	sed -i -e 's#\(LIBS.*\)-lbsd#\1 ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/libbsd.a ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/libmd.a#g' \
+	       -e 's#\(LIBBSD.*\)-lbsd#\1 ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/libbsd.a ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/libmd.a#g' \
+	       -e 's#\(LIBATTR.*\)-lattr#\1 ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/libattr.a#g' \
+               ${B}/lib/Makefile ${B}/src/Makefile
+}
+
 NSCDOPT = ""
 NSCDOPT:class-native = "--without-nscd"
 NSCDOPT:class-nativesdk = "--without-nscd"