diff --git a/stepmania/autoconf/m4/audio.m4 b/stepmania/autoconf/m4/audio.m4
index a66571b941..18c4fb4731 100644
--- a/stepmania/autoconf/m4/audio.m4
+++ b/stepmania/autoconf/m4/audio.m4
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 AC_DEFUN([SM_AUDIO], [
 
+AC_REQUIRE([SM_STATIC])
 AC_ARG_WITH(vorbis, AS_HELP_STRING([--without-vorbis],[Disable Vorbis support]), with_vorbis=$withval, with_vorbis=yes)
 
 # This is used to force the integer decoder, on systems that prefer it.
 AC_ARG_WITH(integer-vorbis, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-integer-vorbis],[Integer vorbis decoding only]), with_int_vorbis=$withval, with_int_vorbis=no)
+AC_ARG_WITH(static-vorbis, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-static-vorbis],[Statically link vorbis libraries]), with_static_vorbis=$withval, with_static_vorbis=no)
+
+if test "$with_static_vorbis" = "yes"; then
+	LIB_PRE=$START_STATIC
+	LIB_POST=$END_STATIC
+fi
 
 have_vorbis=no
 if test "$with_vorbis" = "yes" -a "$with_int_vorbis" = "no"; then
@@ -12,7 +19,7 @@ if test "$with_vorbis" = "yes" -a "$with_int_vorbis" = "no"; then
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(vorbisfile, ov_open, have_libvorbisfile=yes, have_libvorbisfile=no, [-lvorbis -logg])
 	if test "$have_libvorbis" = "yes" -a "$have_libogg" = "yes" -a "$have_libvorbisfile" = "yes"; then
 		have_vorbis=yes
-		AUDIO_LIBS="$AUDIO_LIBS -lvorbisfile -lvorbis -logg"
+		AUDIO_LIBS="$AUDIO_LIBS $LIB_PRE -lvorbisfile -lvorbis -logg $LIB_POST"
 	else
 		echo Not all vorbis libraries found.
 	fi
@@ -24,7 +31,7 @@ if test "$with_vorbis" = "yes" -a "$have_vorbis" = "no"; then
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(ivorbisfile, ov_open, have_libivorbisfile=yes,  have_libivorbisfile=no)
 	if test "$have_libivorbisfile" = "yes"; then
 		have_vorbis=yes
-		AUDIO_LIBS="$AUDIO_LIBS -livorbisfile"
+		AUDIO_LIBS="$AUDIO_LIBS $LIB_PRE -livorbisfile $LIB_POST"
 		AC_DEFINE(INTEGER_VORBIS, 1, [Integer Vorbis decoding])
 	fi
 fi
@@ -40,6 +47,8 @@ the "--without-vorbis" flag to configure.])
 	AC_DEFINE(NO_VORBIS_SUPPORT, 1, [Vorbis support not available])
 fi
 
+LIB_PRE=
+LIB_POST=
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_VORBIS, test "$have_vorbis" = "yes" )
 
diff --git a/stepmania/autoconf/m4/zlib.m4 b/stepmania/autoconf/m4/zlib.m4
index e076e701ac..d91891043d 100644
--- a/stepmania/autoconf/m4/zlib.m4
+++ b/stepmania/autoconf/m4/zlib.m4
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 AC_DEFUN([SM_ZLIB],
 [
+	AC_REQUIRE([SM_STATIC])
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(z, inflate, have_libz=yes, have_libz=no)
 	AC_CHECK_HEADER(zlib.h, have_libz_header=yes, have_libz_header=no)
+	AC_ARG_WITH(static-zlib, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-static-zlib],[Statically link zlib]), with_static_zlib=$withval, with_static_zlib=no)
+
+	if test "$with_static_zlib" = "yes"; then
+		LIB_PRE=$START_STATIC
+		LIB_POST=$END_STATIC
+	fi
 
 	if test "$have_libz_header" = "no"; then
 		have_libz=no
@@ -13,6 +20,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([SM_ZLIB],
 		exit 0;
 	fi
 
-	LIBS="$LIBS -lz"
+	LIBS="$LIBS $LIB_PRE -lz $LIB_POST"
+
+	LIB_PRE=
+	LIB_POST=
 ])
 
diff --git a/stepmania/configure.ac b/stepmania/configure.ac
index aa8d946fec..63108ef8c9 100644
--- a/stepmania/configure.ac
+++ b/stepmania/configure.ac
@@ -124,18 +124,31 @@ fi
 SM_X_WITH_OPENGL
 
 have_libpng=yes
+SM_STATIC
 AC_CHECK_LIB(png, png_create_read_struct, [x=y], have_libpng=no, [-lz -lm]) # x=y to stop autoconf from messing with LIBS
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(png.h, , have_libpng=no)
+AC_ARG_WITH(static-png, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-static-png],[Statically link libpng]), with_static_png=$withval, with_static_png=no)
+if test "$with_static_png" = "yes"; then
+	LIB_PRE=$START_STATIC
+	LIB_POST=$END_STATIC
+fi
 if test "$have_libpng" = "no"; then
   echo
   echo "*** libpng is required to build StepMania; please make sure that"
   echo "*** it is installed to continue the build process."
   exit 1
 fi
-LIBS="$LIBS -lpng -lz -lm"
+LIBS="$LIBS $LIB_PRE -lpng -lz -lm $LIB_POST"
+LIB_PRE=
+LIB_POST=
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(jpeg, AS_HELP_STRING([--without-jpeg],[Disable JPEG support]), with_jpeg=$withval, with_jpeg=yes)
+AC_ARG_WITH(static-jpeg, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-static-jpeg],[Statically link libjpeg]), with_static_jpeg=$withval, with_static_jpeg=no)
 
+if test "$with_static_png" = "yes"; then
+	LIB_PRE=$START_STATIC
+	LIB_POST=$END_STATIC
+fi
 if test "$with_jpeg" = "yes"; then
 	have_libjpeg=yes
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(jpeg, jpeg_read_scanlines, [x=y], have_libjpeg=no) # x=y to stop autoconf from messing with LIBS
@@ -151,10 +164,12 @@ support, pass the "--without-jpeg" flag to configure.])
 	fi
 	have_libjpeg=
 
-	LIBS="$LIBS -ljpeg"
+	LIBS="$LIBS $LIB_PRE -ljpeg $LIB_POST"
 else
 	AC_DEFINE(NO_JPEG_SUPPORT, 1, [JPEG support not available])
 fi
+LIB_PRE=
+LIB_POST=
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(network, AS_HELP_STRING([--without-network],[Disable networking]), with_network=$withval, with_network=yes)
 if test "$with_network" = "no"; then