diff --git a/libclamav/c++/m4/llvm-opts.m4 b/libclamav/c++/m4/llvm-opts.m4
index 8161eb943..3524154e9 100644
--- a/libclamav/c++/m4/llvm-opts.m4
+++ b/libclamav/c++/m4/llvm-opts.m4
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ else
          AC_MSG_ERROR([Invalid argument to --with-llvm-linking])
    esac
 fi
-], [llvm_linking=""])
+], [llvm_linking="dynamic"])
 
 llvmver=`$llvmconfig --version`