2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Rules.make b/Rules.make
index 568f6cf..b78d763 100644
--- a/Rules.make
+++ b/Rules.make
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ else
 endif
-
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_STATIC),y)
+        echo CONFIG += staticlib >> $@
+endif
 ifeq ($(filter 3.%,$(QTE_VERSION)),) # not qt3
@@ -32,2 +34,3 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_QUICK_LAUNCH),)
         echo contains\( CONFIG, quick-app \) \{ >> $@
+        echo CONFIG -= staticlib >> $@
         echo CONFIG -= quick-app >> $@
diff --git a/config.in b/config.in
index 124bc2a..c75576a 100644
--- a/config.in
+++ b/config.in
@@ -41,3 +41,2 @@ config OPTIMIZE
 
-# added for threaded compile
 config THREADED
@@ -46,2 +45,6 @@ config THREADED
 
+config STATIC
+  boolean "Build static libraries"
+  default "n"
+
 config DEBUG
@@ -49,2 +52,3 @@ config DEBUG
   default n
+
 config RELEASE