diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9de32963..5870e325 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ endif
 # in case -O3 is enabled, avoid bloat
 ALL_CFLAGS += $(call check_gcc,-fno-inline-functions,)
 
+# ought to file a gcc bug about this nonsense
+ALL_CFLAGS += $(call check_gcc,-fno-threadsafe-statics,)
+
 endif
 endif
 endif