diff --git a/srcpkgs/runit/template b/srcpkgs/runit/template
index 6c0fa4ee291..476fc8172a3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/runit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/runit/template
@@ -11,14 +11,15 @@ distfiles="http://smarden.org/runit/runit-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=6fd0160cb0cf1207de4e66754b6d39750cff14bb0aa66ab49490992c0c47ba18
 
 build_options="static"
-if [ "$build_option_static" ]; then                   
-	CFLAGS+=" -static"
-	LDFLAGS+=" -static"
-fi
 
 do_build() {
   cd ${pkgname}-${version}/src
 
+  if [ "$build_option_static" ]; then
+	CFLAGS+=" -static"
+	LDFLAGS+=" -static"
+  fi
+
   sed -e 's,sbin/runit,usr/bin/runit,g' -i runit.h
 
   echo "$CC -D_GNU_SOURCE $CFLAGS" >conf-cc