--- gzip-1.3.3-r2.ebuild	2004-03-02 18:09:42.000000000 +0100
+++ gzip-1.3.3-r3.ebuild	2004-03-18 20:47:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/app-arch/gzip/gzip-1.3.3-r2.ebuild,v 1.5 2004/03/02 16:55:29 iggy Exp $
 
-IUSE="nls build"
+IUSE="nls build static"
 
 inherit eutils
 
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 	# cause a segmentation fault in some very rare cases on alpha.
 	[ ${ARCH} = "alpha" ] && CFLAGS="-O -pipe"
 
+        use static && append-flags "-static"
+
 	./configure --host=${CHOST} \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--exec-prefix=/ \