diff --git a/attr.changes b/attr.changes
index f522444..a2b49ef 100644
--- a/attr.changes
+++ b/attr.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 11 09:50:05 UTC 2018 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- update description for libattr-devel-static to make it less
+  boilerplate
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep  5 13:12:14 UTC 2018 - schwab@suse.de
+
+- Add libattr-devel-static subpackage
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Aug 25 18:33:52 UTC 2018 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/attr.spec b/attr.spec
index 5c9d7a1..253a0dd 100644
--- a/attr.spec
+++ b/attr.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
@@ -62,13 +62,23 @@ programs which make use of extended attributes. For Linux programs, the
 documented system call API is the recommended interface, but an SGI
 IRIX compatibility interface is also provided.
 
+%package -n libattr-devel-static
+Summary:        Static libraries for libattr development
+Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
+Provides:       libattr-devel:%{_libdir}/libattr.a
+Requires:       libattr-devel = %version
+
+%description -n libattr-devel-static
+This package contains the static library of libattr which is needed for
+staticallly linking to programs that make use of extended attributes.
+
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure \
-    --disable-static \
+    --enable-static \
     --disable-silent-rules
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
@@ -100,6 +110,10 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} check
 %{_libdir}/libattr.so
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.3%{?ext_man}
 
+%files -n libattr-devel-static
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_libdir}/libattr.a
+
 %files -n %{lname}
 %license doc/COPYING*
 %{_libdir}/libattr.so.1*