diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2998580c..22ee4bf0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('Hyprland', 'cpp', 'c',
   version : '0.1',
-  default_options : ['warning_level=3', 'cpp_std=c++20'])
+  default_options : ['warning_level=3', 'cpp_std=c++20', 'default_library=static'])
 
 wlroots = subproject('wlroots', default_options: ['examples=false'])
 have_xwlr = wlroots.get_variable('features').get('xwayland')