diff --git a/srcpkgs/runit/template b/srcpkgs/runit/template
index a1c6dda3115..14b4ced5024 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/runit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/runit/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'runit'
 pkgname=runit
 version=2.1.2
-revision=2
+revision=3
 wrksrc="admin"
 short_desc="A UNIX init scheme with service supervision"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ update_site="${homepage}install.html"
 distfiles="http://smarden.org/runit/runit-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=6fd0160cb0cf1207de4e66754b6d39750cff14bb0aa66ab49490992c0c47ba18
 
+build_options="static"
+if [ "$build_option_static" ]; then                   
+	CFLAGS+=" -static"
+	LDFLAGS+=" -static"
+fi
+
 do_build() {
   cd ${pkgname}-${version}/src