diff --git a/script/with-static.sh b/script/with-static.sh
index 0caed5e..3f60e31 100755
--- a/script/with-static.sh
+++ b/script/with-static.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ set -ex
 export BUILD="$PWD/vendor/libgit2/build"
 export PCFILE="$BUILD/libgit2.pc"
 
-export CGO_LDFLAGS="$BUILD/libgit2.a -L$BUILD $(pkg-config --static --libs $PCFILE)"
+FLAGS=$(pkg-config --static --libs $PCFILE) || exit 1
+export CGO_LDFLAGS="$BUILD/libgit2.a -L$BUILD ${FLAGS}"
 export CGO_CFLAGS="-I$PWD/vendor/libgit2/include"
 
 $@