diff --git a/sys-libs/db/db-4.8.30.ebuild b/sys-libs/db/db-4.8.30.ebuild
index cca5bb3..00205ba 100644
--- a/sys-libs/db/db-4.8.30.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/db/db-4.8.30.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ done
 LICENSE="Sleepycat"
 SLOT="4.8"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 ~m68k ~mips ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc x86 ~amd64-fbsd ~sparc-fbsd ~x86-fbsd"
-IUSE="doc java cxx tcl test"
+IUSE="doc java cxx static-libs tcl test"
 
 # the entire testsuite needs the TCL functionality
 DEPEND="tcl? ( >=dev-lang/tcl-8.4 )
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ src_compile() {
 		$(use_enable cxx stl) \
 		$(use_enable java) \
 		${myconf} \
+		$(use_enable static-libs static) \
 		$(use_enable test) \
 		"$@"
 
@@ -151,6 +152,8 @@ src_install() {
 		java-pkg_dojar "${D}"/usr/"$(get_libdir)"/*.jar
 		rm -f "${D}"/usr/"$(get_libdir)"/*.jar
 	fi
+
+	use static-libs || prune_libtool_files
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {