diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 7ea178fd..079f28fe 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ if 1:
 		)
 
 	if env['with_brotli']:
-		if not autoconf.CheckParseConfigForLib('LIBBROTLI', 'pkg-config libbrotlienc --cflags --libs'):
+		if not autoconf.CheckParseConfigForLib('LIBBROTLI', 'pkg-config --static --cflags --libs libbrotlienc'):
 			fail("Couldn't find libbrotlienc")
 		autoconf.env.Append(
                         CPPFLAGS = [ '-DHAVE_BROTLI_ENCODE_H', '-DHAVE_BROTLI' ],