diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index 00afaafa75..bd2445252d 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const char interp[] __attribute__((section(".interp"))) = "/lib/ld-linux.so.2";
 
 /* for recent libc, we add these dummy symbols which are not declared
    when generating a linked object (bug in ld ?) */
-#if __GLIBC__ > 2 || (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 3)
+#if (__GLIBC__ > 2 || (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 3)) && !defined(CONFIG_STATIC)
 long __preinit_array_start[0];
 long __preinit_array_end[0];
 long __init_array_start[0];