HOW TO CREATE A STATIC LINKED BINARY ON MACOS? In theory this should not be possible like explained here: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/qa/qa1118/_index.html In practice there's a workaround: 1- Copy all static dependencies libs (*.a files in /usr/local/lib) to a folder like "/staticlibs" 2- Hide shared libs: python ./hide-shared-libs.py -d /usr/local --hide 3- Compile SoX : autoreconf -i ./configure LDFLAGS='-L/staticlibs' --enable-static --disable-shared --with-distro='macOS 10.14 Mojave' make 4- Restore shared libs: pyhton ./hide-shared-libs.py -d /usr/local --restore 5- Profit! Credits: Thanks todd for the python script: https://dropline.net/2015/10/static-linking-on-mac-os-x/