diff --git a/lirc/.footprint b/lirc/.footprint
index b3b283ef0..815152bd7 100644
--- a/lirc/.footprint
+++ b/lirc/.footprint
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/lirc/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/lirc/lirc_client.h
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/liblirc_client.a
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/liblirc_client.la
 lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/liblirc_client.so -> liblirc_client.so.0.2.1
 lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/liblirc_client.so.0 -> liblirc_client.so.0.2.1
diff --git a/lirc/Pkgfile b/lirc/Pkgfile
index 6eb33b348..ad940dba5 100644
--- a/lirc/Pkgfile
+++ b/lirc/Pkgfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 name=lirc
 version=0.9.0
-release=2
+release=3
 source=(
 http://download.sourceforge.net/$name/$name-$version.tar.bz2
 kernel-2.6.39.patch
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ build() {
 	./configure \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--mandir=/usr/man \
-		--disable-static \
 		--with-transmitter \
 		--enable-sandboxed \
 		--with-syslog=LOG_DAEMON \