diff --git a/shells/bash/Makefile b/shells/bash/Makefile
index 32f2a6958f8..d921c0402dc 100644
--- a/shells/bash/Makefile
+++ b/shells/bash/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.8 1999/12/08 05:26:44 brad Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.9 1999/12/10 14:21:38 brad Exp $
 
 DISTNAME=	bash-1.14.7
 CATEGORIES=	shells
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= bash
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@openbsd.org
 
+# invoke make with STATIC=yes to build a static binary
+.if defined(STATIC) && ${STATIC:U} == YES
+MAKE_ENV=	CPP_DEFINES="-DSYSDEP_LDFLAGS=-static"
+PKGNAME=        ${DISTNAME}-static
+.endif
+
 post-install:
 	@install-info ${PREFIX}/info/bash.info ${PREFIX}/info/dir
 	@echo "Finished installing $(DISTNAME)"