diff -durN -x '*~' device-mapper.1.01.03.orig/configure.in device-mapper.1.01.03/configure.in
--- device-mapper.1.01.03.orig/configure.in	2005-06-13 16:07:29.000000000 +0200
+++ device-mapper.1.01.03/configure.in	2005-07-31 19:10:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@
 dnl -- Enables staticly-linked tools
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(static_link, [  --enable-static_link    Use this to link the tools to their libraries
                           statically.  Default is dynamic linking],  STATIC_LINK=$enableval, STATIC_LINK=no)
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(dynamic_link, [  --disable-dynamic_link    Use this not to link the tools to their libraries
+                          statically.  Default is dynamic linking],  DYNAMIC_LINK=$enableval, DYNAMIC_LINK=yes)
 
 ################################################################################
 dnl -- Clear default exec_prefix - install into /sbin rather than /usr/sbin
@@ -324,6 +326,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 AC_SUBST(JOBS)
 AC_SUBST(STATIC_LINK)
+AC_SUBST(DYNAMIC_LINK)
 AC_SUBST(OWNER)
 AC_SUBST(GROUP)
 AC_SUBST(LIBS)
--- device-mapper.1.02.23/dmsetup/Makefile.in.orig	2007-08-21 22:32:30.000000000 +0200
+++ device-mapper.1.02.23/dmsetup/Makefile.in	2007-12-16 23:07:07.095562047 +0100
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 VPATH = @srcdir@
 
+ifeq ("@DYNAMIC_LINK@", "yes")
 TARGETS = dmsetup
 INSTALL_TYPE = install_dynamic
+endif
 LIB_PTHREAD = @LIB_PTHREAD@
 
 ifeq ("@STATIC_LINK@", "yes")
diff -durN -x '*~' device-mapper.1.01.03.orig/lib/Makefile.in device-mapper.1.01.03/lib/Makefile.in
--- device-mapper.1.01.03.orig/lib/Makefile.in	2005-04-28 00:32:00.000000000 +0200
+++ device-mapper.1.01.03/lib/Makefile.in	2005-07-31 19:10:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@
 .PHONY: install_dynamic install_static \
 	install_fs install_ioctl install_ioctl_static
 
+ifeq ("@DYNAMIC_LINK@", "yes")
 INSTALL_TYPE = install_dynamic
+endif
 
 ifeq ("@STATIC_LINK@", "yes")
   INSTALL_TYPE += install_static
--- device-mapper.1.02.23/make.tmpl.in.orig	2007-10-03 12:48:27.000000000 +0200
+++ device-mapper.1.02.23/make.tmpl.in	2007-12-16 23:06:42.922184485 +0100
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@
 .PHONY: $(SUBDIRS) $(SUBDIRS.install) $(SUBDIRS.clean) $(SUBDIRS.distclean)
 .PHONY: $(SUBDIRS.pofile)
 
+ifeq ("@DYNAMIC_LINK@", "yes")
 TARGETS += $(LIB_SHARED) $(LIB_STATIC) $(VERSIONED_SHLIB)
+else
+TARGETS += $(LIB_STATIC)
+endif
 
 all: $(SUBDIRS) $(TARGETS)