Index: .fossil-settings/ignore-glob
==================================================================
--- .fossil-settings/ignore-glob
+++ .fossil-settings/ignore-glob
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 Makefile
 config.status
 pkgIndex.tcl
 tcltls.so
 tcltls.a
+tcltls.a.linkadd
 tls.o
 tlsBIO.o
 tlsIO.o
 tlsX509.o
 tls.tcl.h

Index: Makefile.in
==================================================================
--- Makefile.in
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -60,10 +60,11 @@
 # distribution tarball
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f config.log config.status
 	rm -f dh_params.h.new dh_params.h
 	rm -f Makefile pkgIndex.tcl
+	rm -f tcltls.a.linkadd
 
 # Clean the local build directory back to only thing things that exist in
 # version control system
 mrproper: distclean
 	rm -f @srcdir@/tls.tcl.h

Index: aclocal/tcltls_openssl.m4
==================================================================
--- aclocal/tcltls_openssl.m4
+++ aclocal/tcltls_openssl.m4
@@ -47,23 +47,34 @@
 			TCLTLS_SSL_LIBS="-L$openssldir/lib -lssl -lcrypto"
 		fi
 		TCLTLS_SSL_CFLAGS="-I$openssldir/include"
 		TCLTLS_SSL_CPPFLAGS="-I$openssldir/include"
 	fi
+
+	pkgConfigExtraArgs=''
+	if test "$TCLEXT_BUILD" = "static"; then
+		pkgConfigExtraArgs='--static'
+	fi
 
 	dnl Use pkg-config to find the libraries
 	AC_ARG_VAR([TCLTLS_SSL_LIBS], [libraries to pass to the linker for OpenSSL or LibreSSL])
 	AC_ARG_VAR([TCLTLS_SSL_CFLAGS], [C compiler flags for OpenSSL or LibreSSL])
 	AC_ARG_VAR([TCLTLS_SSL_CPPFLAGS], [C preprocessor flags for OpenSSL or LibreSSL])
 	if test -z "$TCLTLS_SSL_LIBS"; then
-		TCLTLS_SSL_LIBS="`"${PKGCONFIG}" openssl --libs`" || AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to get OpenSSL Configuration])
+		TCLTLS_SSL_LIBS="`"${PKGCONFIG}" openssl --libs $pkgConfigExtraArgs`" || AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to get OpenSSL Configuration])
 	fi
 	if test -z "$TCLTLS_SSL_CFLAGS"; then
-		TCLTLS_SSL_CFLAGS="`"${PKGCONFIG}" openssl --cflags-only-other`" || AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to get OpenSSL Configuration])
+		TCLTLS_SSL_CFLAGS="`"${PKGCONFIG}" openssl --cflags-only-other $pkgConfigExtraArgs`" || AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to get OpenSSL Configuration])
 	fi
 	if test -z "$TCLTLS_SSL_CPPFLAGS"; then
-		TCLTLS_SSL_CPPFLAGS="`"${PKGCONFIG}" openssl --cflags-only-I`" || AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to get OpenSSL Configuration])
+		TCLTLS_SSL_CPPFLAGS="`"${PKGCONFIG}" openssl --cflags-only-I $pkgConfigExtraArgs`" || AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to get OpenSSL Configuration])
+	fi
+
+	if test "$TCLEXT_BUILD" = "static"; then
+		dnl If we are doing a static build, save the linker flags for other programs to consume
+		rm -f tcltls.a.linkadd
+		AS_ECHO(["$TCLTLS_SSL_LIBS"]) > tcltls.a.linkadd
 	fi
 
 	dnl Save compile-altering variables we are changing
 	SAVE_LIBS="${LIBS}"
 	SAVE_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"