diff --git a/ci/cmake-preloads/config-qa-static.cmake b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-qa-static.cmake
index c08c1b51d..89ba7898f 100644
--- a/ci/cmake-preloads/config-qa-static.cmake
+++ b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-qa-static.cmake
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ clang_detect_tool(CLANG_XX_EXE clang++ REQUIRED)
 
 set (CMAKE_C_COMPILER "${CLANG_EXE}" CACHE STRING "qa default")
 set (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "${CLANG_XX_EXE}" CACHE STRING "qa default")
+set (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++" CACHE STRING "qa-default")