diff --git a/zstd.changes b/zstd.changes
index 2a791e6..d0e4504 100644
--- a/zstd.changes
+++ b/zstd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb  6 00:00:00 CET 2018 - dsterba@suse.cz
+
+- build the static library (depency for btrfsprogs-static)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 21 11:02:54 UTC 2017 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/zstd.spec b/zstd.spec
index 766abd0..89bf02e 100644
--- a/zstd.spec
+++ b/zstd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package zstd
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ targeting real-time compression scenarios at zlib-level compression ratio.
 
 Needed for compiling programs that link with the library.
 
+%package -n lib%{name}-devel-static
+Summary:        Development files for the Zstd compression library
+Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
+BuildRequires:  glibc-devel-static
+Requires:       libz%{name}-devel = %{version}
+
+%description -n lib%{name}-devel-static
+Zstd, short for Zstandard, is a lossless compression algorithm,
+targeting real-time compression scenarios at zlib-level compression ratio.
+
+Needed for compiling programs that link with the library.
+
 %prep
 %setup -q
 find -name .gitignore -delete
@@ -76,7 +88,6 @@ CFLAGS="%{optflags}" make %{?_smp_mflags} -C tests test-zstd
 
 %install
 %make_install PREFIX=%{_prefix} LIBDIR=%{_libdir}
-rm %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/libzstd.a
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
@@ -107,6 +118,10 @@ rm %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/libzstd.a
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libzstd.pc
 %{_libdir}/libzstd.so
 
+%files -n lib%{name}-devel-static
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_libdir}/libzstd.a
+
 %post -n %{libname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n %{libname} -p /sbin/ldconfig