@@ -113,20 +113,27 @@
 dnl Find "xxd" so we can build the tls.tcl.h file
 AC_CHECK_PROG([XXD], [xxd], [xxd], [__xxd__not__found])
 
 dnl Find "pkg-config" since we need to use it
 AC_CHECK_TOOL([PKGCONFIG], [pkg-config], [false])
+
+dnl Determine if we have been asked to statically link to the SSL library
+TCLEXT_TLS_STATIC_SSL='no'
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([static-ssl], AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-static-ssl], [enable statically linking to the specified SSL library]), [
+	if test "$enableval" = 'yes'; then
+		TCLEXT_TLS_STATIC_SSL='yes'
+	fi
+])
 
 dnl XXX:TODO: Automatically determine the SSL library to use
 dnl           defaulting to OpenSSL for compatibility reasons
 if test "$tcltls_ssl_lib" = 'auto'; then
 	tcltls_ssl_lib='openssl'
 fi
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([which TLS library to use])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$tcltls_ssl_lib])
-
 
 dnl Manually rewrite libressl to OpenSSL since we use the
 dnl compatibility interface
 if test "$tcltls_ssl_lib" = "libressl"; then
 	tcltls_ssl_lib='openssl'