diff --git a/libgpg-error/.footprint b/libgpg-error/.footprint
index b4c09cc2a..a6fbf856f 100644
--- a/libgpg-error/.footprint
+++ b/libgpg-error/.footprint
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/gpg-error.h
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libgpg-error.a
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libgpg-error.la
 lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libgpg-error.so -> libgpg-error.so.0.7.0
 lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libgpg-error.so.0 -> libgpg-error.so.0.7.0
diff --git a/libgpg-error/Pkgfile b/libgpg-error/Pkgfile
index d12b00a7f..eee508927 100644
--- a/libgpg-error/Pkgfile
+++ b/libgpg-error/Pkgfile
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
 
 name=libgpg-error
 version=1.9
-release=1
+release=2
 source=(ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/$name-$version.tar.bz2)
 
 build() {
   cd $name-$version
 
-  ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-nls
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-nls \
+              --enable-static
   make
   make DESTDIR=$PKG install
 }