diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-03-21-18-51-31.gh-issue-146264.Q9Ej4m.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-03-21-18-51-31.gh-issue-146264.Q9Ej4m.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1fdafe560432a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-03-21-18-51-31.gh-issue-146264.Q9Ej4m.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix static module builds on non-WASI targets by linking HACL dependencies as
+static libraries when ``MODULE_BUILDTYPE=static``, preventing duplicate
+``_Py_LibHacl_*`` symbol errors at link time.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7621eeabeb85db..1cc1d2a2a54dd4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -32758,7 +32758,7 @@ fi
 
 { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for HACL* library linking type" >&5
 printf %s "checking for HACL* library linking type... " >&6; }
-if test "$ac_sys_system" = "WASI"; then
+if test "$ac_sys_system" = "WASI" || test "$MODULE_BUILDTYPE" = "static"; then
   LIBHACL_LDEPS_LIBTYPE=STATIC
   { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: static" >&5
 printf "%s\n" "static" >&6; }
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 21df2245402eea..21cef7a98181b6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8089,7 +8089,7 @@ AC_SUBST([LIBHACL_BLAKE2_SIMD256_OBJS])
 # HACL*-based cryptographic primitives
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for HACL* library linking type])
-if test "$ac_sys_system" = "WASI"; then
+if test "$ac_sys_system" = "WASI" || test "$MODULE_BUILDTYPE" = "static"; then
   LIBHACL_LDEPS_LIBTYPE=STATIC
   AC_MSG_RESULT([static])
 else