diff --git a/mpfr.changes b/mpfr.changes
index 9d3f4c7..fa8bf8d 100644
--- a/mpfr.changes
+++ b/mpfr.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 11 16:30:49 UTC 2016 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Follow openSUSE Packaging Guidelines: do not packae static
+  libraries:
+  + Pass --disable-static to configure.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 27 12:50:27 UTC 2016 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/mpfr.spec b/mpfr.spec
index 734c545..de043e9 100644
--- a/mpfr.spec
+++ b/mpfr.spec
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ based on the GMP multiple-precision library.
  	--enable-thread-safe \
 %endif
 	--enable-shared \
+	--disable-static \
 	--docdir=%{_docdir}/%{name}
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
@@ -101,7 +102,6 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc %{_docdir}/mpfr
 %{_infodir}/mpfr.info.gz
-%{_libdir}/libmpfr.a
 %{_libdir}/libmpfr.so
 %{_includedir}/mpf2mpfr.h
 %{_includedir}/mpfr.h