diff --git a/gnu/packages/cryptsetup.scm b/gnu/packages/cryptsetup.scm
index 2b6cc635ee..91517dc48a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cryptsetup.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cryptsetup.scm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages cryptsetup)
   #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix gexp)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
@@ -121,8 +122,13 @@ (define (static-library library)
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments library)
        ((#:configure-flags flags #~'())
-        #~(append '("--disable-shared" "--enable-static")
-                  #$flags))))))
+        (let* ((build-system (package-build-system library))
+               (static-flags (cond ((eq? build-system cmake-build-system)
+                                    '("-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF"))
+                                   (else
+                                    '("--disable-shared" "--enable-static")))))
+          #~(append '#$static-flags
+                    #$flags)))))))
 
 (define-public cryptsetup-static
   ;; Stripped-down statically-linked 'cryptsetup' command for use in initrds.
@@ -179,7 +185,7 @@ (define-public cryptsetup-static
               (propagated-inputs
                `(("libgpg-error-host" ,(static-library libgpg-error)))))))
        `(("argon2" ,(static-library argon2))
-         ("json-c" ,(static-library json-c-0.13))
+         ("json-c" ,(static-library json-c))
          ("libgcrypt" ,libgcrypt-static)
          ("lvm2" ,lvm2-static)
          ("util-linux" ,util-linux "static")