diff --git a/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh b/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
index 2ddbc84a8841..db81dcdf0197 100755
--- a/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
+++ b/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ build_ubuntu_gpu_tensorrt() {
 
     build_ccache_wrappers
 
+    export LDFLAGS="-Wl,--as-needed"
+
     # Build ONNX
     pushd .
     echo "Installing ONNX."
@@ -498,7 +500,7 @@ build_ubuntu_gpu_tensorrt() {
     cd build
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-I/usr/include/python${PYVER}\
-        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON ..\
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ..\
         -G Ninja
     ninja -j 1 -v onnx/onnx.proto
     ninja -j 1 -v
@@ -518,6 +520,7 @@ build_ubuntu_gpu_tensorrt() {
 
     mkdir -p /work/mxnet/lib/
     cp 3rdparty/onnx-tensorrt/third_party/onnx/build/*.so /work/mxnet/lib/
+    cp 3rdparty/onnx-tensorrt/third_party/onnx/build/*.a /work/mxnet/lib/
     cp -L 3rdparty/onnx-tensorrt/build/libnvonnxparser_runtime.so.0 /work/mxnet/lib/
     cp -L 3rdparty/onnx-tensorrt/build/libnvonnxparser.so.0 /work/mxnet/lib/