diff --git a/recipes-misc/libdbi/libdbi-drivers.inc b/recipes-misc/libdbi/libdbi-drivers.inc
index 555a6b697a..04187b06ad 100644
--- a/recipes-misc/libdbi/libdbi-drivers.inc
+++ b/recipes-misc/libdbi/libdbi-drivers.inc
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-dbi-incdir=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
                 --disable-docs"
 
 FILES_${PN}-dbg += " ${libdir}/dbd/.debug/*.so"
-FILES_${PN}-dev += " ${libdir}/dbd/*.la ${libdir}/dbd/*.a"
+FILES_${PN}-dev += " ${libdir}/dbd/*.la "
+FILES_${PN}-staticdev += " ${libdir}/dbd/*.a"
 
 DESCRIPTION_libdbd-sqlite3 =  "SQLite3 database driver for libdbi"
 FILES_libdbd-sqlite3 = "${libdir}/dbd/libdbdsqlite3.so"