diff --git a/ports/libcerf/portfile.cmake b/ports/libcerf/portfile.cmake
index 757f22faaff1f4..fb951dbc2976b7 100644
--- a/ports/libcerf/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libcerf/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 
+vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY ONLY_DYNAMIC_CRT)
+
 vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
     URLS "https://jugit.fz-juelich.de/mlz/libcerf/uploads/924b8d245ad3461107ec630734dfc781/libcerf-1.13.tgz"
     FILENAME "libcerf-1.13.tgz"