diff -ur kexec-tools-1.101.bak/configure.ac kexec-tools-1.101/configure.ac
--- kexec-tools-1.101.bak/configure.ac	2008-02-03 00:05:59.577094746 +0100
+++ kexec-tools-1.101/configure.ac	2008-02-03 00:06:35.579146386 +0100
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 
 dnl ---Hard codes
 
-CFLAGS='-Wall -g -fno-strict-aliasing $(CPPFLAGS)'
+CFLAGS='-Wall -g -static -fno-strict-aliasing $(CPPFLAGS)'
 BUILD_CFLAGS='-O2 -Wall $(CPPFLAGS)'
 
 dnl ---Sanity checks