diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Android.bp b/tools/aapt2/Android.bp
index 326c88d470645..53372bff3e67f 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Android.bp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Android.bp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ cc_defaults {
         windows: {
             enabled: true,
             cflags: ["-Wno-maybe-uninitialized"],
+            ldflags: ["-static"],
         },
         darwin: {
             cflags: ["-D_DARWIN_UNLIMITED_STREAMS"],