diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 74e9d627..77a85c6e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ ARPDDIR=/var/lib/arpd
 # Path to db_185.h include
 DBM_INCLUDE:=$(ROOTDIR)/usr/include
 
+SHARED_LIBS = y
+
 DEFINES= -DRESOLVE_HOSTNAMES -DLIBDIR=\"$(LIBDIR)\"
+ifneq ($(SHARED_LIBS),y)
+DEFINES+= -DNO_SHARED_LIBS
+endif
 
 #options if you have a bind>=4.9.4 libresolv (or, maybe, glibc)
 LDLIBS=-lresolv
diff --git a/genl/Makefile b/genl/Makefile
index 64358755..44bb83cd 100644
--- a/genl/Makefile
+++ b/genl/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 GENLOBJ=genl.o
 
 include ../Config
+SHARED_LIBS ?= y
 
 GENLMODULES :=
 GENLMODULES += ctrl.o
@@ -9,8 +10,10 @@ GENLOBJ += $(GENLMODULES)
 
 GENLLIB :=
 
+ifeq ($(SHARED_LIBS),y)
 LDFLAGS += -Wl,-export-dynamic
 LDLIBS  += -lm -ldl
+endif
 
 all: genl
 
@@ -21,3 +24,15 @@ install: all
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(GENLOBJ) $(GENLLIB) genl
+
+ifneq ($(SHARED_LIBS),y)
+
+genl: static-syms.o
+static-syms.o: static-syms.h
+static-syms.h: $(wildcard *.c)
+	files="$^" ; \
+	for s in `grep -B 3 '\<dlsym' $$files | sed -n '/snprintf/{s:.*"\([^"]*\)".*:\1:;s:%s::;p}'` ; do \
+		sed -n '/'$$s'[^ ]* =/{s:.* \([^ ]*'$$s'[^ ]*\) .*:extern char \1[] __attribute__((weak)); if (!strcmp(sym, "\1")) return \1;:;p}' $$files ; \
+	done > $@
+
+endif
diff --git a/genl/static-syms.c b/genl/static-syms.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ed3a8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/genl/static-syms.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <string.h>
+void *_dlsym(const char *sym)
+{
+#include "static-syms.h"
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/include/dlfcn.h b/include/dlfcn.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0be5a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/dlfcn.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Stub dlfcn implementation for systems that lack shared library support
+ * but obviously can still reference compiled-in symbols.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NO_SHARED_LIBS
+#include_next <dlfcn.h>
+#else
+
+#define RTLD_LAZY 0
+#define _FAKE_DLFCN_HDL (void *)0xbeefcafe
+
+static inline void *dlopen(const char *file, int flag)
+{
+	if (file == NULL)
+		return _FAKE_DLFCN_HDL;
+	else
+		return NULL;
+}
+
+extern void *_dlsym(const char *sym);
+static inline void *dlsym(void *handle, const char *sym)
+{
+	if (handle != _FAKE_DLFCN_HDL)
+		return NULL;
+	return _dlsym(sym);
+}
+
+static inline char *dlerror(void)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline int dlclose(void *handle)
+{
+	return (handle == _FAKE_DLFCN_HDL) ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/ip/Makefile b/ip/Makefile
index 3c185cfb..51914e85 100644
--- a/ip/Makefile
+++ b/ip/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ install: all
 clean:
 	rm -f $(ALLOBJ) $(TARGETS)
 
-LDLIBS += -ldl
+SHARED_LIBS ?= y
+ifeq ($(SHARED_LIBS),y)
 
+LDLIBS += -ldl
 LDFLAGS += -Wl,-export-dynamic
+
+else
+
+ip: static-syms.o
+static-syms.o: static-syms.h
+static-syms.h: $(wildcard *.c)
+	files="$^" ; \
+	for s in `grep -B 3 '\<dlsym' $$files | sed -n '/snprintf/{s:.*"\([^"]*\)".*:\1:;s:%s::;p}'` ; do \
+		sed -n '/'$$s'[^ ]* =/{s:.* \([^ ]*'$$s'[^ ]*\) .*:extern char \1[] __attribute__((weak)); if (!strcmp(sym, "\1")) return \1;:;p}' $$files ; \
+	done > $@
+
+endif
diff --git a/ip/static-syms.c b/ip/static-syms.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ed3a8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ip/static-syms.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <string.h>
+void *_dlsym(const char *sym)
+{
+#include "static-syms.h"
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/tc/Makefile b/tc/Makefile
index 3ff25358..027055cf 100644
--- a/tc/Makefile
+++ b/tc/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ TCOBJ= tc.o tc_qdisc.o tc_class.o tc_filter.o tc_util.o \
        m_ematch.o emp_ematch.yacc.o emp_ematch.lex.o
 
 include ../Config
+SHARED_LIBS ?= y
 
 TCMODULES :=
 TCMODULES += q_fifo.o
@@ -57,7 +58,12 @@ else
 endif
 
 TCOBJ += $(TCMODULES)
-LDLIBS += -L. -ltc -lm -ldl
+LDLIBS += -L. -ltc -lm
+
+ifeq ($(SHARED_LIBS),y)
+LDLIBS += -ldl
+LDFLAGS += -Wl,-export-dynamic
+endif
 
 TCLIB := tc_core.o
 TCLIB += tc_red.o
@@ -72,9 +78,6 @@ ifeq ($(TC_CONFIG_ATM),y)
   TCSO += q_atm.so
 endif
 
-
-LDFLAGS += -Wl,-export-dynamic
-
 YACC := bison
 LEX := flex
 
@@ -108,3 +111,15 @@ q_atm.so: q_atm.c
 
 %.lex.c: %.l
 	$(LEX) $(LEXFLAGS) -o$@ $<
+
+ifneq ($(SHARED_LIBS),y)
+
+tc: static-syms.o
+static-syms.o: static-syms.h
+static-syms.h: $(wildcard *.c)
+	files="$^" ; \
+	for s in `grep -B 3 '\<dlsym' $$files | sed -n '/snprintf/{s:.*"\([^"]*\)".*:\1:;s:%s::;p}'` ; do \
+		sed -n '/'$$s'[^ ]* =/{s:.* \([^ ]*'$$s'[^ ]*\) .*:extern char \1[] __attribute__((weak)); if (!strcmp(sym, "\1")) return \1;:;p}' $$files ; \
+	done > $@
+
+endif
diff --git a/tc/m_ipt.c b/tc/m_ipt.c
index d17d3245..99d9965a 100644
--- a/tc/m_ipt.c
+++ b/tc/m_ipt.c
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ get_target_name(const char *name)
 	struct iptables_target *m;
 	char path[strlen(lib_dir) + sizeof ("/libipt_.so") + strlen(name)];
 
+#ifdef NO_SHARED_LIBS
+	return NULL;
+#endif
+
 	new_name = malloc(strlen(name) + 1);
 	lname = malloc(strlen(name) + 1);
 	if (new_name)
diff --git a/tc/static-syms.c b/tc/static-syms.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ed3a8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tc/static-syms.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <string.h>
+void *_dlsym(const char *sym)
+{
+#include "static-syms.h"
+	return NULL;
+}