diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 959c1db6518fdb..4739517f48cdab 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1267,7 +1267,9 @@ def configure_static(o):
       return
 
     if options.fully_static:
-      o['libraries'] += ['-static']
+      o['libraries'] += [
+        '-static', '-Wl,--whole-archive', '-lpthread', '-Wl,--no-whole-archive'
+      ]
     elif options.partly_static:
       o['libraries'] += ['-static-libgcc', '-static-libstdc++']
       if options.enable_asan: