diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/Makefile.in b/plugins/sudoers/Makefile.in
index c73c862ab..9325f6ee3 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/Makefile.in
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/Makefile.in
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ check_iolog_path: $(CHECK_IOLOG_PATH_OBJS) $(LT_LIBS)
 
 # We need to link check_symbols with -lpthread on HP-UX since LDAP uses threads
 check_symbols: $(CHECK_SYMBOLS_OBJS) $(LT_LIBS)
-	if [ X"$(shlib_enable)" = X"yes" ]; then \
+	if [ X"$(shlib_enable)" = X"yes" -a X"@LT_STATIC@" != X"" ]; then \
 	    $(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) -o $@ $(CHECK_SYMBOLS_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(PIE_LDFLAGS) $(SSP_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) @SUDO_LIBS@ -no-fast-install; \
 	fi
 
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ check: $(TEST_PROGS) visudo testsudoers
 	    diff regress/parser/check_digest.out $(srcdir)/regress/parser/check_digest.out.ok || rval=`expr $$rval + $$?`; \
 	    ./check_fill || rval=`expr $$rval + $$?`; \
 	    ./check_iolog_path $(srcdir)/regress/iolog_path/data || rval=`expr $$rval + $$?`; \
-	    if [ X"$(shlib_enable)" = X"yes" ]; then \
+	    if [ X"$(shlib_enable)" = X"yes" -a X"@LT_STATIC@" != X"" ]; then \
 		./check_symbols .libs/sudoers.so $(shlib_exp) || rval=`expr $$rval + $$?`; \
 	    fi; \
 	    mkdir -p regress/logging; \