diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ac1456ba1..7131f1a548 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -562,6 +562,8 @@ endif()
 if (ENABLE_QT)
     if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_QT)
         AddQt(6.9.3)
+
+        set(YUZU_STATIC_BUILD ON)
     else()
         message(STATUS "Using system Qt")
         if (NOT Qt6_DIR)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c06ed56255..d8d9e10c9f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ endif()
 set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY
     COMPILE_DEFINITIONS $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:_DEBUG> $<$<NOT:$<CONFIG:Debug>>:NDEBUG>)
 
+if (YUZU_STATIC_BUILD)
+    add_compile_definitions(QT_STATICPLUGIN)
+endif()
+
 # Set compilation flags
 if (MSVC AND NOT CXX_CLANG)
     set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES Debug Release CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
@@ -169,25 +173,19 @@ else()
         add_compile_definitions(_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64)
     endif()
 
-    if (YUZU_STATIC_BUILD)
-        add_compile_definitions(QT_STATICPLUGIN)
-
-        # macos doesn't even let you make static executables... wtf?
-        if (NOT APPLE)
-            add_compile_options(-static)
-            if (YUZU_STATIC_BUILD)
-                # yuzu-cmd requires us to explicitly link libpthread, libgcc, and libstdc++ as static
-                # At a guess, it's probably because Qt handles the Qt executable for us, whereas this does not
-                add_link_options(-static -lpthread)
-                add_link_options(-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
-            endif()
+    if (YUZU_STATIC_BUILD AND NOT APPLE)
+        add_compile_options(-static)
+        if (YUZU_STATIC_BUILD)
+            # yuzu-cmd requires us to explicitly link libpthread, libgcc, and libstdc++ as static
+            add_link_options(-static -lpthread)
+            add_link_options(-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
         endif()
     endif()
 
     if (MINGW)
         add_compile_definitions(MINGW_HAS_SECURE_API)
 
-        # Only windows has this requirement, thanks windows
+        # Only windows has this requirement
         if (WIN32 AND ARCHITECTURE_x86_64)
             add_compile_options("-msse4.1")
         endif()