diff -ur gpac/configure gpac.new/configure
--- gpac/configure	2012-05-25 08:05:57.000000000 -0400
+++ gpac.new/configure	2012-10-04 13:59:58.000000000 -0400
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
 has_openjpeg="no"
 gprof_build="no"
 static_build="no"
+static_libs="no"
 want_pic="no"
 has_joystick="no"
 has_xul="no"
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@
   --disable-platinum       disable Platinum UPnP support
   --disable-alsa           disable Alsa audio
   --disable-oss-audio      disable OSS audio
+  --disable-sdl            disable SDL support
   --enable-jack            enable  Jack audio
   --disable-jack           disable Jack audio
   --enable-pulseaudio      enable  Pulse audio
@@ -236,6 +238,7 @@
   --enable-amr-wb          enable AMR WB library
   --enable-amr             enable both AMR NB and WB libraries
   --enable-static-bin      GPAC static build
+  --enable-static-lib      GPAC static libraries build
   --static-mp4box          configure for static linking of MP4Box.
   --enable-depth           enables depth handling in the compositor
 
@@ -1607,6 +1610,8 @@
             ;;
         --enable-static-bin) static_build="yes";
             ;;
+        --enable-static-lib) static_libs="yes";
+            ;;
         --disable-ipv6) has_ipv6="no"
             ;;
         --disable-wx) has_wx="no"
@@ -1615,6 +1620,8 @@
             ;;
         --disable-oss-audio) has_oss_audio="no"
             ;;
+        --disable-sdl) has_sdl="no"
+            ;;
         --disable-x11-shm) has_x11_shm="no"
             ;;
         --disable-x11-xv) has_x11_xv="no"
@@ -2157,6 +2164,7 @@
 echo "debug version: $debuginfo"
 echo "GProf enabled: $gprof_build"
 echo "Static build enabled: $static_build"
+echo "Static libs build enabled: $static_libs"
 echo "Memory tracking enabled: $use_memory_tracking"
 echo "Use standard memory allocator: $use_std_alloc"
 echo "fixed-point version: $use_fixed_point"
@@ -2700,6 +2708,7 @@
 echo "DEBUGBUILD=$debuginfo" >> config.mak
 echo "GPROFBUILD=$gprof_build" >> config.mak
 echo "STATICBUILD=$static_build" >> config.mak
+echo "STATICLIBS=$static_libs" >> config.mak
 
 echo "CONFIG_IPV6=$has_ipv6" >> config.mak
 if test "$has_ipv6" = "yes" ; then
@@ -2893,8 +2893,6 @@
     mkdir ./bin/gcc/temp
 fi
 
-echo '%.opic : %.c' >> config.mak
-echo '	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(PIC_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@' >> config.mak
 
 #pkg-config
 echo "prefix=$prefix"				 > gpac.pc
diff -ur gpac/Makefile gpac.new/Makefile
--- gpac/Makefile	2012-05-25 08:05:57.000000000 -0400
+++ gpac.new/Makefile	2012-10-04 14:05:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -119,9 +119,6 @@
 	$(INSTALL) $(INSTFLAGS) -m 755 bin/gcc/libgpac.$(DYN_LIB_SUFFIX).$(VERSION_SONAME) $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/$(libdir)/libgpac.$(DYN_LIB_SUFFIX).$(VERSION_SONAME)
 	ln -sf libgpac.$(DYN_LIB_SUFFIX).$(VERSION_SONAME) $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/$(libdir)/libgpac.so.$(VERSION_MAJOR)
 	ln -sf libgpac.$(DYN_LIB_SUFFIX).$(VERSION_SONAME) $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/$(libdir)/libgpac.so
-ifeq ($(DESTDIR)$(prefix),$(prefix))
-	ldconfig || true
-endif
 endif
 endif
 
@@ -138,7 +135,9 @@
 	$(INSTALL) $(INSTFLAGS) -m 644 $(SRC_PATH)/include/gpac/enst/*.h "$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/include/gpac/enst"
 endif
 	mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/$(libdir)"
+ifeq ($(STATICLIBS),yes)
 	$(INSTALL) $(INSTFLAGS) -m 644 "./bin/gcc/libgpac_static.a" "$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/$(libdir)"
+endif
 	$(MAKE) installdylib
 
 uninstall-lib:
diff -ur gpac/src/Makefile gpac.new/src/Makefile
--- gpac/src/Makefile	2012-10-04 14:14:18.000000000 -0400
+++ gpac.new/src/Makefile	2012-10-04 13:59:58.000000000 -0400
@@ -291,12 +291,16 @@
 
 $(LIB): $(LIBGPAC_UTILS) $(LIBGPAC_IETF) $(LIBGPAC_BIFS) $(LIBGPAC_ODF) $(LIBGPAC_LASER) $(LIBGPAC_ISOM) $(LIBGPAC_SCENEMANAGER) $(LIBGPAC_TERMINAL) compositor scenegraph mediatools mcrypt $(OBJS)
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DARWIN),yes)
+ifeq ($(STATICLIBS),yes)
 	libtool -s -o ../bin/gcc/libgpac_static.a $(OBJS)
 	ranlib ../bin/gcc/libgpac_static.a
+endif
 	$(CC) $(SHFLAGS) $(LD_SONAME) $(LDFLAGS) -o ../bin/gcc/$@ $(OBJS) $(EXTRALIBS) 
 else
+ifeq ($(STATICLIBS),yes)
 	ar cr ../bin/gcc/libgpac_static.a $(OBJS)
 	ranlib ../bin/gcc/libgpac_static.a
+endif
 	$(CC) $(SHFLAGS) $(LD_SONAME) $(LDFLAGS) -o ../bin/gcc/$@ $(OBJS) $(EXTRALIBS)
 ifeq (,$(findstring yes, $(CONFIG_WIN32)))
 	mv ../bin/gcc/$@ ../bin/gcc/$@.$(VERSION_SONAME)