diff --git a/xz.changes b/xz.changes
index d4e115b..e5d8c2c 100644
--- a/xz.changes
+++ b/xz.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Nov 24 16:25:53 UTC 2013 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
+
+- add optional -static library package, intended to publish pixz for
+  CentOS / RHEL, default off
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 16 08:53:16 UTC 2013 - mvyskocil@suse.com
 
diff --git a/xz.spec b/xz.spec
index 62e1c7e..9f5c3fc 100644
--- a/xz.spec
+++ b/xz.spec
@@ -16,16 +16,25 @@
 #
 
 
+%if 0%{?centos_version} || 0%{?rhel_version}
+%if 0%{?centos_version} <= 600 || 0%{?rhel_version <= 600}
+%bcond_without static_libs
+%endif
+%else
+%bcond_with    static_libs
+%endif
+
 Name:           xz
 Summary:        A Program for Compressing Files
 License:        LGPL-2.1+ and GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Productivity/Archiving/Compression
 Version:        5.0.5
 Release:        0
-Url:            http://tukaani.org/lzma/
+Url:            http://tukaani.org/xz/
 Source0:        http://tukaani.org/xz/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        http://tukaani.org/xz/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz.sig
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
+# from http://tukaani.org/misc/lasse_collin_pubkey.txt#/xz.keyring
 Source3:        xz.keyring
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
@@ -85,22 +94,43 @@ Obsoletes:      lzma-alpha-devel < %version
 This package contains the header files and libraries needed for
 compiling programs using the LZMA library.
 
+%if %{with static_libs}
+%package static
+Summary:        Static version of LZMA library
+Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
+Requires:       lzma-devel = %version
+
+%description static
+Static library for the LZMA library 
+%endif
+
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
 %build
+%global optflags    %{optflags} -D_REENTRANT -pipe
 %if %{do_profiling}
 profiledir=$(mktemp -d)
 trap "rm -rf $profiledir" EXIT
 export CFLAGS="%optflags %{cflags_profile_generate}=$profiledir"
 %endif
-%configure --disable-static --with-pic --docdir=%_docdir/%name
+%configure \
+%if ! %{with static_libs}
+	--disable-static \
+%endif
+	--with-pic \
+	--docdir=%_docdir/%name
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %if %{do_profiling}
 time make check
 make clean
 export CFLAGS="%optflags %{cflags_profile_feedback}=$profiledir"
-%configure --disable-static --with-pic --docdir=%_docdir/%name
+%configure \
+%if ! %{with static_libs}
+	--disable-static \
+%endif
+	--with-pic \
+	--docdir=%_docdir/%name
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %endif
 
@@ -143,4 +173,10 @@ make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/lib*.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 
+%if %{with static_libs}
+%files static
+%defattr(-, root, root)
+%{_libdir}/*.a
+%endif
+
 %changelog