diff --git a/gnu/packages/parallel.scm b/gnu/packages/parallel.scm
index f7e95bcc61..0e47dfb2e4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/parallel.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/parallel.scm
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ (define-public slurm
    (arguments
     `(#:configure-flags
       (list "--enable-pam" "--sysconfdir=/etc/slurm"
+            "--disable-static"
             (string-append "--with-freeipmi=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "freeipmi"))
             (string-append "--with-hwloc=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "hwloc"))
             (string-append "--with-json=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "json-c"))