diff --git a/cura-engine.changes b/cura-engine.changes
index c157ad1..e93e38a 100644
--- a/cura-engine.changes
+++ b/cura-engine.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jan 27 21:49:49 UTC 2018 - stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de
+
+- Link private lib_CuraEngine statically to binary
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 25 08:34:20 UTC 2018 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cura-engine.spec b/cura-engine.spec
index 2855699..3d91cac 100644
--- a/cura-engine.spec
+++ b/cura-engine.spec
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ It is part of the larger open source project called "Cura".
 export CC=gcc-6
 export CXX=g++-6
 %endif
-%cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE="true"
+# make sure lib_CuraEngine is statically build and linked
+%cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE="true" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="false"
 %make_jobs
 
 %install
@@ -55,13 +56,10 @@ cd build
 %make_install
 
 install -Dm0644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/CuraEngine.1
-# hack... not ready for the distro
-install -Dm0755 lib_CuraEngine.so %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/lib_CuraEngine.so
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %_bindir/CuraEngine
-%_libdir/*
 %_mandir/man1/CuraEngine.1*
 
 %changelog