diff --git a/src/libirecovery.c b/src/libirecovery.c
index 6e7647b..45ff6f2 100644
--- a/src/libirecovery.c
+++ b/src/libirecovery.c
@@ -470,6 +470,8 @@ static void _irecv_deinit(void)
 static thread_once_t init_once = THREAD_ONCE_INIT;
 static thread_once_t deinit_once = THREAD_ONCE_INIT;
 
+#ifndef IRECV_STATIC  // disable dll constructor
+
 #ifndef HAVE_ATTRIBUTE_CONSTRUCTOR
   #if defined(__llvm__) || defined(__GNUC__)
     #define HAVE_ATTRIBUTE_CONSTRUCTOR
@@ -505,6 +507,8 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hModule, DWORD dwReason, LPVOID lpReserved)
 #warning No compiler support for constructor/destructor attributes, some features might not be available.
 #endif
 
+#endif  // disable dll constructor
+
 #ifdef HAVE_IOKIT
 static int iokit_get_string_descriptor_ascii(irecv_client_t client, uint8_t desc_index, unsigned char * buffer, int size)
 {