diff --git a/libxcrypt.spec b/libxcrypt.spec
index c1c7731..0627797 100644
--- a/libxcrypt.spec
+++ b/libxcrypt.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 %bcond_with    enosys_stubs
 %endif
 
+# Build the static library?
+%bcond_without staticlib
+
 # Run memcheck?
 %ifarch %{valgrind_arches}
 # Valgrind does not work well on %%{power64} arches.
@@ -94,7 +97,11 @@
   --disable-failure-tokens                 \\\
   --disable-silent-rules                   \\\
   --enable-shared                          \\\
+%if %{with staticlib}                      \
   --enable-static                          \\\
+%else                                      \
+  --disable-static                         \\\
+%endif                                     \
 %if %{with memcheck}                       \
   --enable-valgrind                        \\\
 %else                                      \
@@ -112,8 +119,10 @@
 %{__arch_install_post}                                         \
 %{__os_install_post}                                           \
 %{_bindir}/fipshmac %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/libcrypt.a            \
-%{__ln_s} .libcrypt.a.hmac                                     \\\
-  %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/.libxcrypt.a.hmac                       \
+if [[ %{with staticlib} == 1 ]]; then                          \
+  %{__ln_s} .libcrypt.a.hmac                                   \\\
+    %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/.libxcrypt.a.hmac                     \
+fi                                                             \
 %{_bindir}/fipshmac %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/libcrypt.so.%{sov}    \
 %{__ln_s} .libcrypt.so.%{sov}.hmac                             \\\
   %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/.libcrypt.so.%{soc}.hmac                \
@@ -237,6 +246,7 @@ The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and header files for
 developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 
+%if %{with staticlib}
 %package        static
 Summary:        Static library for -static linking with %{name}
 
@@ -249,6 +259,7 @@ linking.
 
 You don't need this, unless you link statically, which is highly
 discouraged.
+%endif
 
 
 %prep
@@ -290,12 +301,14 @@ should work unmodified with the provided version of the
 libcrypt.so.1 library in place.
 EOF
 %endif
+%if %{with staticlib}
 %{__cat} << EOF >> README-STATIC
 Applications that use certain legacy APIs supplied by glibc’s
 libcrypt (encrypt, encrypt_r, setkey, setkey_r, and fcrypt)
 cannot be compiled nor linked against the supplied build of
 the object files provided in the static library libcrypt.a.
 EOF
+%endif
 %{__mkdir_p} %{_vpath_builddir}{,-compat}
 
 
@@ -347,7 +360,8 @@ popd
 
 # Install documentation to shared %%_pkgdocdir.
 %{__install} -Dpm 0644 -t %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir} \
-  ChangeLog NEWS README README-STATIC THANKS TODO
+  ChangeLog NEWS README THANKS TODO
+
 
 # Install distribution README file, if existing, to shared %%_pkgdocdir.
 if [ -f README%{distname} ]; then
@@ -361,6 +375,12 @@ if [ -f README-POSIX ]; then
     README-POSIX
 fi
 
+# Install README-STATIC file, if existing, to shared %%_pkgdocdir.
+if [ -f README-STATIC ]; then
+  %{__install} -Dpm 0644 -t %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir} \
+    README-STATIC
+fi
+
 
 %check
 %if %{with compat_pkg}
@@ -437,10 +457,12 @@ done
 %{_mandir}/man3/crypt_preferred_method.3.*
 
 
+%if %{with staticlib}
 %files          static
 %doc %{_pkgdocdir}/README-STATIC
 /%{_lib}/.lib{,x}crypt.a.hmac
 /%{_lib}/lib{,x}crypt.a
+%endif
 
 
 %changelog