diff --git a/utils/MTP/beastpatcher/Makefile b/utils/MTP/beastpatcher/Makefile
index d02f83481d..8be8c39d49 100644
--- a/utils/MTP/beastpatcher/Makefile
+++ b/utils/MTP/beastpatcher/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ endif
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(findstring MINGW,$(shell uname)),MINGW)
-LIBS = /usr/lib/libmtp.a /usr/lib/libusb.a
+LIBS := -lmtp -lusb
+ifdef STATIC
+LIBS := -Wl,-Bstatic $(LIBS) -Wl,-Bdynamic
+endif
 CFLAGS += $(shell printf \
 	'\#include <libmtp.h>\nlibmtp version: LIBMTP_VERSION\n' | \
 	gcc -E -P - -o - | grep -q '^libmtp version: 0\.2' && echo '-DOLDMTP')