diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 4962d28b..41c7af6a 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -241,11 +241,6 @@ ifeq ($(WITH_SRV),yes)
 	CLIENT_CFLAGS:=$(CLIENT_CFLAGS) -DWITH_SRV
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(WITH_WEBSOCKETS),yes)
-	BROKER_CFLAGS:=$(BROKER_CFLAGS) -DWITH_WEBSOCKETS
-	BROKER_LIBS:=$(BROKER_LIBS) -lwebsockets
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(UNAME),SunOS)
 	BROKER_LIBS:=$(BROKER_LIBS) -lsocket -lnsl
 	LIB_LIBS:=$(LIB_LIBS) -lsocket -lnsl
@@ -265,6 +260,16 @@ ifeq ($(WITH_DOCS),yes)
 	MAKE_ALL:=$(MAKE_ALL) docs
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(WITH_WEBSOCKETS),yes)
+	BROKER_CFLAGS:=$(BROKER_CFLAGS) -DWITH_WEBSOCKETS
+	BROKER_LIBS:=$(BROKER_LIBS) -lwebsockets
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(WITH_WEBSOCKETS),static)
+	BROKER_CFLAGS:=$(BROKER_CFLAGS) -DWITH_WEBSOCKETS
+	BROKER_LIBS:=$(BROKER_LIBS) -static -lwebsockets
+endif
+
 INSTALL?=install
 prefix=/usr/local
 mandir=${prefix}/share/man
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 4ec5624e..08ceeb72 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ parts:
 
   mosquitto:
     plugin: make
-    make-parameters: ["prefix=/usr", "WITH_SRV=no"]
+    make-parameters: ["prefix=/usr", "WITH_SRV=no", "WITH_WEBSOCKETS=static"]
     source: https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto
     source-type: git
 
     build-packages:
+      - libwebsockets-dev
       - libssl-dev
       - uuid-dev
       - xsltproc