Index: Makefile.in
==================================================================
--- Makefile.in
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 CC = @CC@
+AR = @AR@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ @SHOBJFLAGS@
 CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@ -I@srcdir@ @DEFS@
 LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ @SHOBJLDFLAGS@
 LIBS = @LIBS@
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 PACKAGE_VERSION = @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 TCL_PACKAGE_PATH = @TCL_PACKAGE_PATH@
 PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIR = $(TCL_PACKAGE_PATH)/tcltls$(PACKAGE_VERSION)
 
-all: tcltls.@SHOBJEXT@
+all: @EXTENSION_TARGET@
 
 tcltls.@SHOBJEXT@: tls.o tlsBIO.o tlsIO.o tlsX509.o
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o tcltls.@SHOBJEXT@ tls.o tlsBIO.o tlsIO.o tlsX509.o $(LIBS)
 
-install: tcltls.@SHOBJEXT@ pkgIndex.tcl
+tcltls.a: tls.o tlsBIO.o tlsIO.o tlsX509.o
+	$(AR) rcu tcltls.a.new tls.o tlsBIO.o tlsIO.o tlsX509.o
+	mv tcltls.a.new tcltls.a
 
 tls.o: @srcdir@/tls.c @srcdir@/tlsInt.h @srcdir@/tclOpts.h @srcdir@/tls.tcl.h
 tlsBIO.o: @srcdir@/tlsBIO.c @srcdir@/tlsInt.h
 tlsIO.o: @srcdir@/tlsIO.c @srcdir@/tlsInt.h
 tlsX509.o: @srcdir@/tlsX509.c @srcdir@/tlsInt.h
@@ -25,13 +28,16 @@
 	mv '@srcdir@/tls.tcl.h.new' '@srcdir@/tls.tcl.h'
 
 %.o: @srcdir@/%.c
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
+install: @EXTENSION_TARGET@ pkgIndex.tcl
+
 clean:
 	rm -f tls.o tlsBIO.o tlsIO.o tlsX509.o
 	rm -f tcltls.@SHOBJEXT@
+	rm -f tcltls.a.new tcltls.a
 
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f config.log config.status
 	rm -f Makefile pkgIndex.tcl
 

Index: configure.in
==================================================================
--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -8,16 +8,25 @@
 AC_GNU_SOURCE
 
 dnl Determine system information
 DC_CHK_OS_INFO
 
-dnl Determine how to make shared objects
-DC_GET_SHOBJFLAGS
-
 dnl Look for appropriate headers
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(unistd.h stdlib.h string.h strings.h)
 
 dnl Perform Tcl Extension required stuff
 TCLEXT_INIT
+
+if test "$TCLEXT_BUILD" != 'static'; then
+	dnl Determine how to make shared objects
+	DC_GET_SHOBJFLAGS
+
+	EXTENSION_TARGET="tcltls.${SHOBJEXT}"
+else
+	AC_CHECK_TOOL([AR], [ar], [false])
+	AC_CHECK_TOOL([RANLIB], [ranlib], [:])
+	EXTENSION_TARGET="tcltls.a"
+fi
+AC_SUBST(EXTENSION_TARGET)
 
 dnl Produce output
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile pkgIndex.tcl)