diff --git a/src/external/darlingserver b/src/external/darlingserver
index f738dde46..99d3c764b 160000
--- a/src/external/darlingserver
+++ b/src/external/darlingserver
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f738dde46308ef174506750ece797a066d77dc70
+Subproject commit 99d3c764bf0564a5dc5dd47e96281ecfa72d5d1a
diff --git a/src/libsimple/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libsimple/CMakeLists.txt
index dabe277f7..52bc2337f 100644
--- a/src/libsimple/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libsimple/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set(libsimple_sources
 if (NOT DEFINED libsimple_linux_added)
 	set(libsimple_linux_added TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
 
-	add_library(libsimple_darlingserver "${libsimple_sources}")
+	add_library(libsimple_darlingserver STATIC "${libsimple_sources}")
 
 	target_include_directories(libsimple_darlingserver PUBLIC
 		include
diff --git a/src/startup/mldr/CMakeLists.txt b/src/startup/mldr/CMakeLists.txt
index 70c782297..5e4271a17 100644
--- a/src/startup/mldr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/startup/mldr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set_source_files_properties(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/external/darlingserver/src/r
 	GENERATED TRUE
 )
 
-add_library(mldr_dserver_rpc ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/external/darlingserver/src/rpc.c)
+add_library(mldr_dserver_rpc STATIC ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/external/darlingserver/src/rpc.c)
 
 add_dependencies(mldr_dserver_rpc generate_dserver_rpc_wrappers)
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ configure_file(darling.conf.in darling.conf @ONLY)
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/darling.conf" DESTINATION lib/binfmt.d)
 
 if (BUILD_TARGET_32BIT)
-	add_library(mldr32_dserver_rpc ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/external/darlingserver/src/rpc.c)
+	add_library(mldr32_dserver_rpc STATIC ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/external/darlingserver/src/rpc.c)
 	add_dependencies(mldr32_dserver_rpc generate_dserver_rpc_wrappers)
 	target_compile_options(mldr32_dserver_rpc PRIVATE -include ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/dserver-rpc-defs.h)
 	target_compile_options(mldr32_dserver_rpc PRIVATE -m32)