diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/libcxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/libcxx/default.nix
index 4bc942dbe06fb..c4ada0bf669be 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/libcxx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/libcxx/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 , freebsd
 , cxxabi ? if stdenv.hostPlatform.isFreeBSD then freebsd.libcxxrt else null
 , libunwind
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? stdenv.hostPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
 , devExtraCmakeFlags ? []
 }: