diff --git a/sdl2-sys/build.rs b/sdl2-sys/build.rs
index 8ac828c5c1b..30b076536dd 100644
--- a/sdl2-sys/build.rs
+++ b/sdl2-sys/build.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fn download_to<T: io::Write>(url: &str, mut dest: T) {
 #[cfg(feature = "static-link")]
 fn get_pkg_config() -> pkg_config::Library {
     pkg_config::Config::new()
-        .statik(false)
+        .statik(true)
         .probe("sdl2").unwrap()
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fn get_pkg_config() -> pkg_config::Library {
 #[cfg(not(feature = "static-link"))]
 fn get_pkg_config() -> pkg_config::Library {
     pkg_config::Config::new()
-        .statik(true)
+        .statik(false)
         .probe("sdl2").unwrap()
 }
 
@@ -290,4 +290,4 @@ fn generate_bindings<S: AsRef<str> + ::std::fmt::Debug>(target: &str, host: &str
 fn get_os_from_triple(triple: &str) -> Option<&str>
 {
     triple.splitn(3, "-").nth(2)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}