diff --git a/ports/mongo-cxx-driver/portfile.cmake b/ports/mongo-cxx-driver/portfile.cmake
index 5ea949abbd..7c3247d483 100644
--- a/ports/mongo-cxx-driver/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/mongo-cxx-driver/portfile.cmake
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
 	file(RENAME
 		${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/libmongocxx.lib
 		${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/mongocxx.lib)
+	
+	# define MONGOCXX_STATIC in config/export.hpp
+	vcpkg_apply_patches(
+		SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include
+		PATCHES
+			${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/static.patch
+	)
 else()
 	file(REMOVE         ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/libbsoncxx.lib)
 	file(REMOVE         ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/libbsoncxx.lib)
diff --git a/ports/mongo-cxx-driver/static.patch b/ports/mongo-cxx-driver/static.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a485efe3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/mongo-cxx-driver/static.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/mongocxx/config/export.hpp b/mongocxx/config/export.hpp
+index 61a3e74..7fc951c 100644
+--- a/mongocxx/config/export.hpp
++++ b/mongocxx/config/export.hpp
+@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
+ #ifndef MONGOCXX_API_H
+ #define MONGOCXX_API_H
+ 
++#define MONGOCXX_STATIC
+ #ifdef MONGOCXX_STATIC
+ #  define MONGOCXX_API
+ #  define MONGOCXX_PRIVATE