Index: gpac-0.5.2/configure
===================================================================
--- gpac-0.5.2.orig/configure
+++ gpac-0.5.2/configure
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ has_xmlrpc="no"
 has_openjpeg="no"
 gprof_build="no"
 static_build="no"
+static_libs="no"
 want_pic="no"
 want_gcov="no"
 has_joystick="no"
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ GPAC configuration options:
   --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
 
@@ -1775,6 +1777,8 @@ for opt do
             ;;
         --enable-static-bin) static_build="yes";
             ;;
+	--enable-static-lib) static_libs="yes";
+	   ;;
         --disable-ipv6) has_ipv6="no"
             ;;
         --disable-wx) has_wx="no"
@@ -2452,6 +2456,7 @@ echo "** GPAC $version rev$revision Core
 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: $use_fixed_point"
@@ -3064,6 +3069,7 @@ echo "CONFIG_AMR_WB_FT=$has_amr_wb" >> c
 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
Index: gpac-0.5.2/Makefile
===================================================================
--- gpac-0.5.2.orig/Makefile
+++ gpac-0.5.2/Makefile
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ ifeq ($(GPAC_ENST), yes)
 	$(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:
Index: gpac-0.5.2/src/Makefile
===================================================================
--- gpac-0.5.2.orig/src/Makefile
+++ gpac-0.5.2/src/Makefile
@@ -606,12 +606,16 @@ compositor: $(LIBGPAC_COMPOSITOR)
 	@echo "OBJS $(OBJS)"
 	@echo "LIBS $(EXTRALIBS)"
 ifeq ($(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 $@ $(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 $@ $(OBJS) $(EXTRALIBS)
 ifeq (,$(findstring yes, $(CONFIG_WIN32)))
 	mv $@ $@.$(VERSION_SONAME)