diff --git a/ports/libgd/CONTROL b/ports/libgd/CONTROL
index 35bf69bf871dc7..55ab7ccdc40086 100644
--- a/ports/libgd/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/libgd/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: libgd
-Version: 2.2.5-1
+Version: 2.2.5-2
 Description: Open source code library for the dynamic creation of images by programmers.
 Default-Features: fontconfig, freetype, jpeg, png, tiff, webp
 
diff --git a/ports/libgd/portfile.cmake b/ports/libgd/portfile.cmake
index 346f009777cd22..06529f4a2465da 100644
--- a/ports/libgd/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libgd/portfile.cmake
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ vcpkg_configure_cmake(
             -DENABLE_FREETYPE=${ENABLE_FREETYPE}
             -DENABLE_WEBP=${ENABLE_WEBP}
             -DENABLE_FONTCONFIG=${ENABLE_FONTCONFIG}
+            -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=${LIBGD_STATIC_LIBS}
 )
 
 vcpkg_build_cmake()