diff --git a/libyaml/recipe.spec b/libyaml/recipe.spec
index ac14eaf..4986be0 100644
--- a/libyaml/recipe.spec
+++ b/libyaml/recipe.spec
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ name: libyaml
 version: 0.2.2
 release: 1
 sources: https://github.com/yaml/libyaml/archive/%{version}.tar.gz -> %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-@configure
-	cd libyaml-%{version} && ./bootstrap && ./configure --prefix=/usr
+prefix: /usr/weirdos
+
+@configure
+	cd libyaml-%{version}
+	./bootstrap
+	./configure --prefix=%{prefix} --enable-static