diff --git a/user/helix/template.py b/user/helix/template.py
index 8fc37eea7c0..7cc7149ca1c 100644
--- a/user/helix/template.py
+++ b/user/helix/template.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 pkgver = "25.01.1"
 pkgrel = 0
 build_style = "cargo"
+make_build_env = {
+    "RUSTFLAGS": "-C target-feature=-crt-static",
+}
 hostmakedepends = ["cargo-auditable", "git"]
 makedepends = ["rust-std"]
 pkgdesc = "Fast modal terminal-based text editor"
@@ -9,7 +12,9 @@
 url = "https://github.com/helix-editor/helix"
 source = f"{url}/releases/download/{pkgver}/helix-{pkgver}-source.tar.xz"
 sha256 = "12508c4f5b9ae6342299bd40d281cd9582d3b51487bffe798f3889cb8f931609"
-env = {"HELIX_DEFAULT_RUNTIME": "/usr/lib/helix/runtime"}
+env = {
+    "HELIX_DEFAULT_RUNTIME": "/usr/lib/helix/runtime",
+}
 
 if self.profile().wordsize == 32:
     broken = "needs atomic64"