diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/rocksdb/rocksdb_9.0.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/rocksdb/rocksdb_9.0.0.bb
index fae54fdba4..a55a8eb59b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/rocksdb/rocksdb_9.0.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/rocksdb/rocksdb_9.0.0.bb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = "-DWITH_ZLIB=ON,-DWITH_ZLIB=OFF,zlib"
 PACKAGECONFIG[zstd] = "-DWITH_ZSTD=ON,-DWITH_ZSTD=OFF,zstd"
 PACKAGECONFIG[lite] = "-DROCKSDB_LITE=ON,-DROCKSDB_LITE=OFF"
 PACKAGECONFIG[gflags] = "-DWITH_GFLAGS=ON,-DWITH_GFLAGS=OFF,gflags"
+PACKAGECONFIG[rocksdb_static] = "-DROCKSDB_BUILD_STATIC=ON, -DROCKSDB_BUILD_STATIC=OFF"
 
 # Tools and tests currently don't compile on armv5 so we disable them
 EXTRA_OECMAKE = "\
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE = "\
     -DWITH_BENCHMARK_TOOLS=OFF \
     -DWITH_TOOLS=OFF \
     -DFAIL_ON_WARNINGS=OFF \
-    -DROCKSDB_BUILD_STATIC=OFF \
 "
 
 CXXFLAGS += "${@bb.utils.contains('SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION', '-Og', '-DXXH_NO_INLINE_HINTS', '', d)}"