diff --git a/platforms/macos/homebrew-appbundle.sh b/platforms/macos/homebrew-appbundle.sh
index 926aeea1a4..a6a94ea4f3 100755
--- a/platforms/macos/homebrew-appbundle.sh
+++ b/platforms/macos/homebrew-appbundle.sh
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ if ! meson setup .. \
        -Ddebug=false \
        -Dclients=gtk4,qt \
        -Dfcmp=qt \
+       -Ddefault_library=static \
        -Dprefix="$CONTENTSDIR" ||
    ! ninja ||
    ! ninja install