diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-1.7.0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-1.7.0.ebuild
index a56040b060..2cc4e96840 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-1.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-1.7.0.ebuild
@@ -63,12 +63,14 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_configure() {
 	local emesonargs=(
-		-Ddefault_library=$(usex static-libs both shared)
 		-Dtools=true
 		-Dvalgrind=disabled # only used for some tests
 		$(meson_feature python)
 		$(meson_feature yaml)
 	)
 
+	# bug #909366
+	use static-libs && emesonargs+=( -Dstatic-build=true )
+
 	meson_src_configure
 }
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-9999.ebuild
index ef30384edb..c962e61576 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-9999.ebuild
@@ -58,12 +58,14 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_configure() {
 	local emesonargs=(
-		-Ddefault_library=$(usex static-libs both shared)
 		-Dtools=true
 		-Dvalgrind=disabled # only used for some tests
 		$(meson_feature python)
 		$(meson_feature yaml)
 	)
 
+	# bug #909366
+	use static-libs && emesonargs+=( -Dstatic-build=true )
+
 	meson_src_configure
 }