diff --git a/ext/nokogiri/extconf.rb b/ext/nokogiri/extconf.rb
index 0dfb79603c1..b08c3ced1fd 100644
--- a/ext/nokogiri/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/nokogiri/extconf.rb
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ def config_clean?
 end
 
 def config_static?
-  enable_config("static", true)
+  default_static = !truffle?
+  enable_config("static", default_static)
 end
 
 def config_cross_build?
@@ -191,6 +192,10 @@ def nix?
   !(windows? || solaris? || darwin?)
 end
 
+def truffle?
+  ::RUBY_ENGINE == 'truffleruby'
+end
+
 def concat_flags(*args)
   args.compact.join(" ")
 end