diff -ru curl-7.17.1/configure.ac curl-7.17.1-new/configure.ac
--- curl-7.17.1/configure.ac	2007-10-27 00:25:18.000000000 +0200
+++ curl-7.17.1-new/configure.ac	2007-11-06 02:00:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@
 esac
 AC_MSG_RESULT($mimpure)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(MIMPURE, test x$mimpure = xyes)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(STATIC, false)

 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if we need BUILDING_LIBCURL])
 case $host in
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@
     then
       AC_DEFINE(CURL_STATICLIB, 1, [when not building a shared library])
       AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+      AM_CONDITIONAL(STATIC, true)
     else
       AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
     fi
diff -ru curl-7.17.1/docs/examples/Makefile.am curl-7.17.1-new/docs/examples/Makefile.am
--- curl-7.17.1/docs/examples/Makefile.am	2007-09-14 22:23:32.000000000 +0200
+++ curl-7.17.1-new/docs/examples/Makefile.am	2007-11-06 01:23:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 LIBDIR = $(top_builddir)/lib
 CPPFLAGS = -DCURL_NO_OLDIES
 
+if STATIC
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -DCURL_STATICLIB
+endif
+
 # Dependencies
 LDADD = $(LIBDIR)/libcurl.la