diff --git a/library/compiler-builtins/build.rs b/library/compiler-builtins/build.rs
index 271b010bc4ae..a7091d541f4c 100644
--- a/library/compiler-builtins/build.rs
+++ b/library/compiler-builtins/build.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fn main() {
     // OpenBSD provides compiler_rt by default, use it instead of rebuilding it from source
     if target.contains("openbsd") {
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native=/usr/lib");
-        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=compiler_rt");
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=compiler_rt");
         return;
     }