diff --git a/templates/cmd-make/Makefile b/templates/cmd-make/Makefile
index bb4d9d3..5aa15a6 100644
--- a/templates/cmd-make/Makefile
+++ b/templates/cmd-make/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ CFLAGS := -O3 -Wall -Wpedantic -Wextra
 CFLAGS_ALL := -I$(DATA_DIR)/src -I$(PLUGIN_DIR) -I$(API_DIR) -I$(TINYWAV_DIR) -I$(MIDI_PARSER_DIR)/include -fvisibility=hidden $(CFLAGS_EXTRA) $(CFLAGS)
 
 LDFLAGS :=
-LDFLAGS_ALL := $(LDFLAGS_EXTRA) $(LDFLAGS)
+LDFLAGS_ALL := -static-libstdc++ -Wl,--as-needed $(LDFLAGS_EXTRA) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 CXXFLAGS := $(CFLAGS)
 CXXFLAGS_ALL := -I$(DATA_DIR)/src -I$(PLUGIN_DIR) -I$(API_DIR) -I$(TINYWAV_DIR) -I$(MIDI_PARSER_DIR)/include $(CXXFLAGS_EXTRA) $(CXXFLAGS)
diff --git a/templates/lv2-make/Makefile b/templates/lv2-make/Makefile
index e391677..5ba4b89 100644
--- a/templates/lv2-make/Makefile
+++ b/templates/lv2-make/Makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ CFLAGS := -O3 -Wall -Wpedantic -Wextra
 CFLAGS_ALL := -I$(DATA_DIR)/src -I$(PLUGIN_DIR) -I$(API_DIR) $(shell pkg-config --cflags lv2) -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden $(CFLAGS_EXTRA) $(CFLAGS)
 
 LDFLAGS :=
-LDFLAGS_ALL := -shared $(shell pkg-config --libs lv2) $(LDFLAGS_EXTRA) $(LDFLAGS)
+LDFLAGS_ALL := -shared -static-libstdc++ -Wl,--as-needed $(shell pkg-config --libs lv2) $(LDFLAGS_EXTRA) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 CXXFLAGS := $(CFLAGS)
 CXXFLAGS_ALL := -I$(DATA_DIR)/src -I$(PLUGIN_DIR) -I$(API_DIR) $(shell pkg-config --cflags lv2) -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden $(CXXFLAGS_EXTRA) $(CXXFLAGS)
diff --git a/templates/vst3-make/Makefile b/templates/vst3-make/Makefile
index 9a96121..12c9e9b 100644
--- a/templates/vst3-make/Makefile
+++ b/templates/vst3-make/Makefile
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ CFLAGS := -O3 -Wall -Wpedantic -Wextra
 CFLAGS_ALL := -I$(DATA_DIR)/src -I$(PLUGIN_DIR) -I$(API_DIR) -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden $(CFLAGS_EXTRA) $(CFLAGS)
 
 LDFLAGS :=
-LDFLAGS_ALL := -shared -lm $(LDFLAGS_EXTRA) $(LDFLAGS)
+LDFLAGS_ALL := -shared -lm -static-libstdc++ -Wl,--as-needed $(LDFLAGS_EXTRA) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 CXXFLAGS := $(CFLAGS)
 CXXFLAGS_ALL := -I$(DATA_DIR)/src -I$(PLUGIN_DIR) -I$(API_DIR) -fPIC $(CXXFLAGS_EXTRA) $(CXXFLAGS)