--- src/idl-compiler/Makefile.in.orig	Wed Dec  1 14:38:29 2004
+++ src/idl-compiler/Makefile.in	Wed Dec  1 14:39:17 2004
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
 	done
 orbit-idl-2$(EXEEXT): $(orbit_idl_2_OBJECTS) $(orbit_idl_2_DEPENDENCIES) 
 	@rm -f orbit-idl-2$(EXEEXT)
-	$(LINK) $(orbit_idl_2_LDFLAGS) $(orbit_idl_2_OBJECTS) $(orbit_idl_2_LDADD) $(LIBS)
+	$(LINK) $(orbit_idl_2_LDFLAGS) $(orbit_idl_2_OBJECTS) $(orbit_idl_2_LDADD) $(LIBS) -static
 
 mostlyclean-compile:
 	-rm -f *.$(OBJEXT) core *.core
