diff --git a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b5b8169d7513..c8f3d8596427c 100644
--- a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ message(STATUS "GGML_SYSTEM_ARCH: ${GGML_SYSTEM_ARCH}")
 
 if (NOT MSVC)
     if (GGML_STATIC)
+        if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+            set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".a;.so")
+        endif()
         add_link_options(-static)
         if (MINGW)
             add_link_options(-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)