diff --git a/static_lib.patch b/static_lib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b5d507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static_lib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff -ur org/libblkid/blkid.pc.in patch/libblkid/blkid.pc.in
+--- org/libblkid/blkid.pc.in	2024-01-31 11:02:15.460811568 +0100
++++ patch/libblkid/blkid.pc.in	2024-04-15 15:19:34.288703597 +0200
+@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
+ Name: blkid
+ Description: Block device id library
+ Version: @LIBBLKID_VERSION@
++Requires.private: libeconf
+ Cflags: -I${includedir}/blkid
+ Libs: -L${libdir} -lblkid
diff --git a/util-linux.changes b/util-linux.changes
index 9781913..a4a3622 100644
--- a/util-linux.changes
+++ b/util-linux.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 15 13:27:41 UTC 2024 - Stefan Schubert <schubi@suse.com>
+
+- Added "Requires.private: libeconf" in order to build with static
+  libeconf.a .
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr  8 08:37:09 UTC 2024 - Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/util-linux.spec b/util-linux.spec
index 99e175e..ccf4b94 100644
--- a/util-linux.spec
+++ b/util-linux.spec
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ Patch2:         Add-documentation-on-blacklisted-modules-to-mount-8-.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-SUSE util-linux-bash-completion-su-chsh-l.patch bsc1172427 -- Fix "su -s" bash completion.
 Patch3:         util-linux-bash-completion-su-chsh-l.patch
 Patch4:         skip-lsfd-tests-PR2888.patch
+Patch5:         static_lib.patch
 BuildRequires:  audit-devel
 BuildRequires:  bc
 BuildRequires:  binutils-devel
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  file-devel
 BuildRequires:  gettext-devel
 BuildRequires:  libcap-ng-devel
-BuildRequires:  libeconf-devel
+BuildRequires:  libeconf-devel-static
 BuildRequires:  libselinux-devel
 BuildRequires:  libsepol-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ BuildRequires:  utempter-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 Requires(post): permissions
-Requires(verify): permissions
+Requires(verify):permissions
 # util-linux is part of VMInstall, but we can well build without it
 # Helps shorten a cycle and eliminate a bootstrap issue
 #!BuildIgnore:  util-linux
@@ -411,7 +412,7 @@ Summary:        Tools for writing to TTYs
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Requires(pre):  group(tty)
 Requires(post): permissions
-Requires(verify): permissions
+Requires(verify):permissions
 Provides:       util-linux:%{_bindir}/mesg
 Provides:       util-linux:%{_bindir}/wall
 Provides:       util-linux:%{_bindir}/write