diff --git a/gyp/mbgl-headless.gypi b/gyp/mbgl-headless.gypi
index 5ffc251d2..e71fb7efb 100644
--- a/gyp/mbgl-headless.gypi
+++ b/gyp/mbgl-headless.gypi
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     { 'target_name': 'mbgl-headless',
       'product_name': 'mbgl-headless',
       'type': 'static_library',
+      'standalone_static_library': 1,
       'include_dirs': [
         '../include',
       ],
diff --git a/gyp/mbgl-ios.gypi b/gyp/mbgl-ios.gypi
index dbad60086..4398f04eb 100644
--- a/gyp/mbgl-ios.gypi
+++ b/gyp/mbgl-ios.gypi
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     { 'target_name': 'mbgl-ios',
       'product_name': 'mbgl-ios',
       'type': 'static_library',
+      'standalone_static_library': 1,
       'hard_dependency': 1,
       'include_dirs': [
         '../include',
diff --git a/gyp/mbgl-linux.gypi b/gyp/mbgl-linux.gypi
index 39a175556..6d8631e8d 100644
--- a/gyp/mbgl-linux.gypi
+++ b/gyp/mbgl-linux.gypi
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     { 'target_name': 'mbgl-linux',
       'product_name': 'mbgl-linux',
       'type': 'static_library',
+      'standalone_static_library': 1,
       'hard_dependency': 1,
       'include_dirs': [
         '../include'
diff --git a/gyp/mbgl-osx.gypi b/gyp/mbgl-osx.gypi
index ba117e5a5..80af5b97a 100644
--- a/gyp/mbgl-osx.gypi
+++ b/gyp/mbgl-osx.gypi
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     { 'target_name': 'mbgl-osx',
       'product_name': 'mbgl-osx',
       'type': 'static_library',
+      'standalone_static_library': 1,
       'hard_dependency': 1,
       'include_dirs': [
         '../include',
diff --git a/gyp/mbgl.gypi b/gyp/mbgl.gypi
index f268fd625..0d914f46f 100644
--- a/gyp/mbgl.gypi
+++ b/gyp/mbgl.gypi
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     { 'target_name': 'mbgl',
       'product_name': 'mbgl',
       'type': 'static_library',
+      'standalone_static_library': 1,
       'hard_dependency': 1,
       'dependencies': [
           'shaders',