diff --git a/static_lib.patch b/static_lib.patch
index 9b5d507..d196cb1 100644
--- a/static_lib.patch
+++ b/static_lib.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+From: Stefan Schubert <schubi@suse.com>
+From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+Date: 2024-04-15T13:34:15Z
+
+[Original description: Added "Requires.private: libeconf" in order to
+build with static libeconf.a.]
+
+This patch addresses a build failure in libblkid-using programs when
+one attempts to static-link the program:
+
+$ g++ blkid_get_cache.cpp -static `pkg-config blkid --cflags --libs --static`
+ld: libblkid.a(la-config.o): in function `blkid_read_config':
+libblkid/src/config.c:160:(.text+0x150): undefined reference to `econf_readFile'
+ld: libblkid/src/config.c:241:(.text+0x1a1): undefined reference to `econf_freeFile'
+
+The patch is not upstreamable in this form, as the presence of the
+Requires.private line needs to be conditionalized upon
+``HAVE_LIBECONF`` (cf. meson.build/configure.ac).
+
+[Description updated; --jengelh]
+
 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
diff --git a/util-linux.changes b/util-linux.changes
index a4a3622..5bca087 100644
--- a/util-linux.changes
+++ b/util-linux.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 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 .
+- Added static_lib.patch to resolve build failure when using
+  libblkid.pc in --static mode
 
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 Mon Apr  8 08:37:09 UTC 2024 - Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>