diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/bti/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/bti/Makefile
index 73e013c082a6..dafa1c2aa5c4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/bti/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/bti/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ BTI_OBJS =                                      \
 	teststubs-bti.o                         \
 	trampoline-bti.o
 gen/btitest: $(BTI_OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_BTI) $(CFLAGS_COMMON) -nostdlib -o $@ $^
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_BTI) $(CFLAGS_COMMON) -nostdlib -static -o $@ $^
 
 NOBTI_OBJS =                                    \
 	test-nobti.o                         \
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ NOBTI_OBJS =                                    \
 	teststubs-nobti.o                       \
 	trampoline-nobti.o
 gen/nobtitest: $(NOBTI_OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_BTI) $(CFLAGS_COMMON) -nostdlib -o $@ $^
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_BTI) $(CFLAGS_COMMON) -nostdlib -static -o $@ $^
 
 # Including KSFT lib.mk here will also mangle the TEST_GEN_PROGS list
 # to account for any OUTPUT target-dirs optionally provided by