diff --git a/README b/README
index 2f4709d1..18ca3af7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ BIN_LDFLAGS=-static
 LIB=lib64
 DESTDIR=/tmp/openrc-image
 PAM=pam
+PAM=pam-dynamic
 TERMCAP=ncurses
 TERMCAP=termcap
 
+If you want to build static binaries and use PAM and your PAM implementation
+does not have a static pam library and you should use PAM=pam-dynamic.
+
 You can also brand OpenRC if you so wish like so
 BRANDING=\"Gentoo/$(uname -s)\"
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index c24e75ee..a0d3d67c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ $(LIBEINFOSO): einfo.map $(LIBEINFOOBJS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -fPIC -shared \
 		-Wl,-soname,$(LIBEINFOSO) \
 		-Wl,-version-script einfo.map \
-		-o $(LIBEINFOSO) $(LIBEINFOOBJS) $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_LIBEINFO)
+		-o $(LIBEINFOSO) $(LIBEINFOOBJS) $(LDLIBS_LIBEINFO)
 	ln -sf $(LIBEINFOSO) libeinfo.so
 	ar rc libeinfo.a $(LIBEINFOOBJS)
 	ranlib libeinfo.a
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ $(LIBRCSO): rc.map $(LIBRCOBJS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -fPIC -shared \
 		-Wl,-soname,$(LIBRCSO) \
 		-Wl,-version-script rc.map \
-		-o $(LIBRCSO) $(LIBRCOBJS) $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_LIBRC)
+		-o $(LIBRCSO) $(LIBRCOBJS) $(LDLIBS_LIBRC)
 	ln -sf $(LIBRCSO) librc.so
 	ar rc librc.a $(LIBRCOBJS)
 	ranlib librc.a
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ $(RCOBJS):
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS_SSD) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
 rc: version.h $(LIBEINFOSO) $(LIBRCSO) $(RCOBJS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(BIN_LDFLAGS) -o rc \
-		$(RCOBJS) $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_RC) $(LDLIBS_LIBEINFO) $(LDLIBS_LIBRC)
+		$(RCOBJS) $(LDLIBS_LIBEINFO) $(LDLIBS_LIBRC) $(LDLIBS_RC)
 
 $(ALL_LINKS): rc
 	ln -sf rc $@
diff --git a/src/Makefile.pam-dynamic b/src/Makefile.pam-dynamic
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7393939a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Makefile.pam-dynamic
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CPPFLAGS_SSD = -DHAVE_PAM
+LDLIBS_RC += -Wl,-Bdynamic -lpam