diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/libsepol/libsepol-3.7.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/libsepol/libsepol-3.7.ebuild
index 4cb9db6305..95aea8cbaf 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/libsepol/libsepol-3.7.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/libsepol/libsepol-3.7.ebuild
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ fi
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0/2"
+IUSE="+static-libs"
 
 # tests are not meant to be run outside of the full SELinux userland repo
 RESTRICT="test"
@@ -32,19 +33,23 @@ src_prepare() {
 	multilib_copy_sources
 }
 
+my_make() {
+	emake \
+		PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" \
+		LIBDIR="\$(PREFIX)/$(get_libdir)" \
+		SHLIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/$(get_libdir)" \
+		"${@}"
+}
+
 multilib_src_compile() {
 	tc-export CC AR RANLIB
 
 	local -x CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fno-semantic-interposition"
 
-	emake \
-		LIBDIR="\$(PREFIX)/$(get_libdir)" \
-		SHLIBDIR="/$(get_libdir)"
+	my_make
 }
 
 multilib_src_install() {
-	emake DESTDIR="${D}" \
-		LIBDIR="\$(PREFIX)/$(get_libdir)" \
-		SHLIBDIR="/$(get_libdir)" \
-		install
+	my_make DESTDIR="${D}" install
+	use static-libs || rm "${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/*.a || die
 }
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/libsepol/libsepol-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/libsepol/libsepol-9999.ebuild
index 4cb9db6305..95aea8cbaf 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/libsepol/libsepol-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/libsepol/libsepol-9999.ebuild
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ fi
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0/2"
+IUSE="+static-libs"
 
 # tests are not meant to be run outside of the full SELinux userland repo
 RESTRICT="test"
@@ -32,19 +33,23 @@ src_prepare() {
 	multilib_copy_sources
 }
 
+my_make() {
+	emake \
+		PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" \
+		LIBDIR="\$(PREFIX)/$(get_libdir)" \
+		SHLIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/$(get_libdir)" \
+		"${@}"
+}
+
 multilib_src_compile() {
 	tc-export CC AR RANLIB
 
 	local -x CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fno-semantic-interposition"
 
-	emake \
-		LIBDIR="\$(PREFIX)/$(get_libdir)" \
-		SHLIBDIR="/$(get_libdir)"
+	my_make
 }
 
 multilib_src_install() {
-	emake DESTDIR="${D}" \
-		LIBDIR="\$(PREFIX)/$(get_libdir)" \
-		SHLIBDIR="/$(get_libdir)" \
-		install
+	my_make DESTDIR="${D}" install
+	use static-libs || rm "${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/*.a || die
 }