diff --git a/media-libs/openh264/openh264-2.3.1-r1.ebuild b/media-libs/openh264/openh264-2.3.1-r1.ebuild
index 6c26bb488b..7e30d0dd19 100644
--- a/media-libs/openh264/openh264-2.3.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/openh264/openh264-2.3.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ LICENSE="BSD"
 #  https://github.com/cisco/openh264/issues/3459 )
 SLOT="0/7"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv sparc x86"
-IUSE="cpu_flags_arm_neon cpu_flags_x86_avx2 +plugin test utils"
+IUSE="cpu_flags_arm_neon cpu_flags_x86_avx2 +plugin static-libs test utils"
 
 RESTRICT="bindist !test? ( test )"
 
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ emakecmd() {
 		HAVE_AVX2=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx2 Yes No) \
 		HAVE_GTEST=$(usex test Yes No) \
 		ARCH="$(tc-arch)" \
+		ENABLEPIC="$(usex static-libs No Yes)" \
 		$@
 }