--- /usr/portage/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.1-r1.ebuild	2011-04-22 20:31:07.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/local/portage/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.1-r1.ebuild	2011-05-15 01:12:00.193900146 +0200
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ LICENSE="PSF-2.2"
 SLOT="2.7"
 PYTHON_ABI="${SLOT}"
 KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 s390 sh sparc x86 ~sparc-fbsd ~x86-fbsd"
-IUSE="-berkdb build doc elibc_uclibc examples gdbm ipv6 +ncurses +readline sqlite +ssl +threads tk +wide-unicode wininst +xml"
+IUSE="-berkdb build doc elibc_uclibc examples gdbm ipv6 +ncurses +readline
+sqlite +ssl +threads tk +wide-unicode wininst +xml static"

 RDEPEND=">=app-admin/eselect-python-20091230
 		>=sys-libs/zlib-1.1.3
@@ -140,6 +141,10 @@ src_prepare() {
 		sed -e "s/\(-DSVNVERSION=\).*\( -o\)/\1\\\\\"${ESVN_REVISION}\\\\\"\2/" -i Makefile.pre.in || die "sed failed"
 	fi

+	if use static; then
+		sed -i -e 's/^#\*shared\*/*static*/' Modules/Setup.dist || die "blaaaaaaa!"
+	fi
+
 	eautoreconf
 }

@@ -209,6 +214,12 @@ src_configure() {
 	# Please query BSD team before removing this!
 	append-ldflags "-L."

+	# Static linking
+	if use static; then
+		append-ldflags "-static -static-libgcc"
+		append-flags "-static -fPIC"
+	fi
+
 	local dbmliborder
 	if use gdbm; then
 		dbmliborder+="${dbmliborder:+:}gdbm"
@@ -219,7 +230,7 @@ src_configure() {

 	OPT="" econf \
 		--with-fpectl \
-		--enable-shared \
+		$(use_enable !static shared)
 		$(use_enable ipv6) \
 		$(use_with threads) \
 		$(use wide-unicode && echo "--enable-unicode=ucs4" || echo "--enable-unicode=ucs2") \