diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/delegates/xnnpack/BUILD b/tensorflow/lite/delegates/xnnpack/BUILD
index adf1d5b1fc6..db5bf2b099f 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/delegates/xnnpack/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/delegates/xnnpack/BUILD
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ cc_library(
     name = "xnnpack_delegate",
     srcs = ["xnnpack_delegate.cc"],
     hdrs = ["xnnpack_delegate.h"],
+    linkstatic = True,
     deps = [
         "//tensorflow/lite:kernel_api",
         "//tensorflow/lite:util",