diff --git a/premake-scripts/build-flac.lua b/premake-scripts/build-flac.lua
index dee7315..ab0666d 100644
--- a/premake-scripts/build-flac.lua
+++ b/premake-scripts/build-flac.lua
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ function m.link()
 		path.join(rootdir, "flac/include"),
 		path.join(rootdir, "flac/src/libFLAC/include"),
 	}
+	defines { "FLAC__NO_DLL" } -- in case projects want to reference flac directly, it wont expect a dynamic library
 	links {"flac"}
 	ogg.link()
 end