diff -Naur flite-1.3-release/main/Makefile flite-1.3-release.new/main/Makefile
--- flite-1.3-release/main/Makefile	2014-02-12 12:08:32.222776141 -0800
+++ flite-1.3-release.new/main/Makefile	2014-02-12 12:29:32.308048276 -0800
@@ -48,15 +48,23 @@
 ALL = $(BINDIR)/flite$(EXEEXT) $(BINDIR)/flite_time$(EXEEXT) \
       $(BINDIR)/t2p$(EXEEXT)
 
+include $(TOP)/config/common_make_rules
+
 flite_LIBS = flite_$(FL_VOX) flite_$(FL_LANG) flite_$(FL_LEX) 
 flite_LIBS_flags = -L$(LIBDIR) $(flite_LIBS:%=-l%)
+ifdef SHFLAGS
 flite_LIBS_deps = $(flite_LIBS:%=$(LIBDIR)/lib%.so)
+else
+flite_LIBS_deps = $(flite_LIBS:%=$(LIBDIR)/lib%.a)
+endif
 
 flite_time_LIBS = flite_cmu_time_awb flite_$(FL_LANG) flite_$(FL_LEX)
 flite_time_LIBS_flags = -L$(LIBDIR) $(flite_time_LIBS:%=-l%)
+ifdef SHFLAGS
 flite_time_LIBS_deps = $(flite_time_LIBS:%=$(LIBDIR)/lib%.so)
-
-include $(TOP)/config/common_make_rules
+else
+flite_time_LIBS_deps = $(flite_time_LIBS:%=$(LIBDIR)/lib%.a)
+endif
 
 $(BINDIR)/flite$(EXEEXT): flite_main.o $(FLITELIBS) $(flite_LIBS_deps)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ flite_main.o $(flite_LIBS_flags) $(LDFLAGS)