--- libtcc.c
+++ libtcc.c
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ LIBTCCAPI TCCState *tcc_new(void)
 
     s->gnu_ext = 1;
     s->tcc_ext = 1;
+    s->static_link = 1;
     s->nocommon = 1;
     s->dollars_in_identifiers = 1; /*on by default like in gcc/clang*/
     s->cversion = 199901; /* default unless -std=c11 is supplied */