diff --git a/ports/entityx/CONTROL b/ports/entityx/CONTROL
index dacd86ee90e..16dbcfc32a4 100644
--- a/ports/entityx/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/entityx/CONTROL
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Source: entityx
-Version: 1.2.0-2
+Version: 1.2.0-3
 Description: EntityX - A fast, type-safe C++ Entity-Component system. <https://github.com/alecthomas/entityx>
diff --git a/ports/entityx/portfile.cmake b/ports/entityx/portfile.cmake
index 5df7da6cdce..bc6afccc39f 100644
--- a/ports/entityx/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/entityx/portfile.cmake
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ vcpkg_configure_cmake(
     PREFER_NINJA
     OPTIONS
         -DENTITYX_BUILD_TESTING=false
+        -DENTITYX_BUILD_SHARED=0
 )
 
 vcpkg_install_cmake()