diff --git a/src/modplug.h b/src/modplug.h
index 3ffbf9d..fd19ae5 100644
--- a/src/modplug.h
+++ b/src/modplug.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#define MODPLUG_STATIC
+
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
 # if defined(MODPLUG_BUILD) && defined(DLL_EXPORT)	/* building libmodplug as a dll for windows */
 #   define MODPLUG_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
