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
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@ else
 	echo DEFINES += "OPIE_NO_DEBUG" >> $@
 endif
-
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_STATIC),y)
+	echo CONFIG += staticlib >> $@
+endif
 ifeq ($(filter 3.%,$(QTE_VERSION)),) # not qt3
 	echo CONFIG -= qt3 >> $@
@@ -31,4 +33,5 @@ endif
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_QUICK_LAUNCH),)
 	echo contains\( CONFIG, quick-app \) \{ >> $@
+	echo CONFIG -= staticlib >> $@
 	echo CONFIG -= quick-app >> $@
 	echo CONFIG += quick-app-lib >> $@
diff --git a/config.in b/config.in
index 124bc2a..c75576a 100644
--- a/config.in
+++ b/config.in
@@ -40,12 +40,16 @@ config OPTIMIZE
   default "y" if ! TARGET_X86
 
-# added for threaded compile
 config THREADED
   boolean "Enable threaded build"
   default "n"
 
+config STATIC
+  boolean "Build static libraries"
+  default "n"
+
 config DEBUG
   boolean "Enable debug builds"
   default n
+
 config RELEASE
   bool