diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c8b7a692d..3b82438e6 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ list(JOIN link_flags " " link_flags_string)
 if(FORTE_BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
   ADD_EXECUTABLE (forte $<TARGET_OBJECTS:FORTE_LITE> ${SOURCE_EXECUTABLE_CPP} ${FORTE_EXECUTABLE_H})
   set_target_properties(forte PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "${link_flags_string}")
+  if (MUSL OR UCLIBC)
+    set_target_properties(forte PROPERTIES LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC ON)
+    set_target_properties(forte PROPERTIES LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC ON)
+    target_link_options(forte PRIVATE -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -static)
+  endif()
   target_compile_features(forte PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (forte ${LINK_LIBRARY})
   ADD_DEPENDENCIES (forte FORTE_LITE)