diff --git a/misc/screen/Makefile b/misc/screen/Makefile
index 391c89cbb61..2e960917d30 100644
--- a/misc/screen/Makefile
+++ b/misc/screen/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.37 2001/09/06 03:49:55 brad Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.38 2001/12/07 13:52:36 brad Exp $
 
 COMMENT=	"multi-screen window manager"
 
 VERSION=	3.9.10
 DISTNAME=	screen-${VERSION}
 CATEGORIES=	misc
-NEED_VERSION=	1.435
+NEED_VERSION=	1.500
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/utilities/screen/
 
 HOMEPAGE=	http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ SUBST_VARS=	VERSION
 CONFIGURE_STYLE= gnu
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-sys-screenrc="${SYSCONFDIR}/screenrc"
 
+FLAVORS=	static
+FLAVOR?=
+
+.if ${FLAVOR:L} == "static"
+CONFIGURE_ENV=	LDFLAGS="-static"
+.endif
+
 ALL_TARGET=	screen screen.info
 
 post-install:
diff --git a/misc/screen/files/md5 b/misc/screen/distinfo
similarity index 100%
rename from misc/screen/files/md5
rename to misc/screen/distinfo
diff --git a/misc/screen/pkg/DESCR b/misc/screen/pkg/DESCR
index ab26d057983..9508e185ce9 100644
--- a/misc/screen/pkg/DESCR
+++ b/misc/screen/pkg/DESCR
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ multiple character sets). There is a scrollback history buffer for each
 virtual terminal and a copy-and-paste mechanism that allows moving text
 regions between windows.
 
+Flavors:
+	static - Build with statically linked binaries.
+
 WWW: ${HOMEPAGE}