diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8ebb33d19..b2d6968bd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-06-23  Ross Burton  <ross@openedhand.com>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	Disable static libraries.
+
 2006-06-22  Matthew Allum  <mallum@openedhand.com>
 
 	* web/index.html:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b8d8d067b..94e51387c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ dnl ========================================================================
 
 # Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC
+AC_DISABLE_STATIC
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 # Checks for header files.