diff --git a/cmake/presets/mingw-cross.cmake b/cmake/presets/mingw-cross.cmake
index d187586df8..1b45a4c84d 100644
--- a/cmake/presets/mingw-cross.cmake
+++ b/cmake/presets/mingw-cross.cmake
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ set(DOWNLOAD_VORO ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(DOWNLOAD_EIGEN3 ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(LAMMPS_MEMALIGN "0" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(CMAKE_TUNE_FLAGS "-Wno-missing-include-dirs" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--enable-stdcall-fixup" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--enable-stdcall-fixup -static" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--enable-stdcall-fixup" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(BUILD_TOOLS ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lammps-installer")