diff --git a/libdm/make.tmpl.in b/libdm/make.tmpl.in
index 1b68ea26b..2dd9625d4 100644
--- a/libdm/make.tmpl.in
+++ b/libdm/make.tmpl.in
@@ -318,12 +318,10 @@ SUBDIRS.cflow := $(SUBDIRS:=.cflow)
 SUBDIRS.clean := $(SUBDIRS:=.clean)
 SUBDIRS.distclean := $(SUBDIRS:=.distclean)
 
+TARGETS += $(LIB_STATIC)
 ifeq ("@SHARED_LINK@", "yes")
   TARGETS += $(LIB_SHARED)
 endif
-ifeq ("@STATIC_LINK@", "yes")
-  TARGETS += $(LIB_STATIC)
-endif
 
 all: $(SUBDIRS) $(TARGETS)
 
diff --git a/make.tmpl.in b/make.tmpl.in
index 459bc4624..28399bd69 100644
--- a/make.tmpl.in
+++ b/make.tmpl.in
@@ -373,12 +373,10 @@ SUBDIRS.cflow := $(SUBDIRS:=.cflow)
 SUBDIRS.clean := $(SUBDIRS:=.clean)
 SUBDIRS.distclean := $(SUBDIRS:=.distclean)
 
+TARGETS += $(LIB_STATIC)
 ifeq ("@SHARED_LINK@", "yes")
   TARGETS += $(LIB_SHARED)
 endif
-ifeq ("@STATIC_LINK@", "yes")
-  TARGETS += $(LIB_STATIC)
-endif
 
 INTERNAL_LIBS = \
 	$(top_builddir)/libdaemon/client/libdaemonclient.a \