diff --git a/common.sh b/common.sh
index e532ea1..64b45ac 100644
--- a/common.sh
+++ b/common.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export PREFIX=/tmp/"$TARGET"-emerald
 
 export CFLAGS="-O3"
 export CPPFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
 export LDFLAGS="-s -w"
 
 export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="$CFLAGS"