diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 196ef8dea2..4adc9c9dd6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ AC_ISC_POSIX
 
 dnl We disable static building for development, for time savings
 dnl *NOTE*: dnl this line before release, so release does static too
-AM_DISABLE_STATIC
+dnl AM_DISABLE_STATIC
 AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL