diff --git a/lib/csu/common_elf/Makefile.inc b/lib/csu/common_elf/Makefile.inc
index 6e4144671..3d9c631a2 100644
--- a/lib/csu/common_elf/Makefile.inc
+++ b/lib/csu/common_elf/Makefile.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ ELFSIZE=32
 
 .include "../../Makefile.inc"
 
+.if defined(__MINIX) && ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "arm"
+CPPFLAGS+=	-DLIBC_SCCS -DPIC -DELFSIZE=${ELFSIZE}
+.else
 CPPFLAGS+=	-DLIBC_SCCS -DPIC -DDYNAMIC -DELFSIZE=${ELFSIZE}
+.endif
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${NETBSDSRCDIR}/libexec/ld.elf_so
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/../common_elf
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${NETBSDSRCDIR}/lib/libc/dlfcn