diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0a3edb57..2ea5d64c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ _TARFILES := Makefile
 
 CURSES := -lncurses
 
+# This seems about right for the dynamic library stuff.
+# Something like this is probably needed to make the SE Linux
+# library loading not conflict with embedded systems stuff.
+#
+#ifeq ($(SHARED),1)
+#ldl := -ldl
+#LIBTYPE := -DSHAREDLIB
+#else
+#LIBTYPE := -DSTATICLIB
+#endif
+
 # Preprocessor flags.
 PKG_CPPFLAGS := -D_GNU_SOURCE -I proc
 CPPFLAGS     := -I/usr/include/ncurses
diff --git a/ps/module.mk b/ps/module.mk
index b4b07c50..2902a3aa 100755
--- a/ps/module.mk
+++ b/ps/module.mk
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ PS_X := COPYING HACKING TRANSLATION common.h module.mk it p ps.1 regression
 TARFILES += $(PSSRC) $(addprefix ps/,$(PS_X))
 
 ps/ps: $(PSOBJ) $(LIBPROC)
-	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ -ldl
+	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(ldl)
 
 # This just adds the stacktrace code
 ps/debug: $(PSOBJ) stacktrace.o $(LIBPROC)
-	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ -lefence
+	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ -lefence $(ldl)
 
 $(PSOBJ): %.o: %.c ps/common.h $(LIBPROC)
 	$(CC) -c $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $< -o $@
diff --git a/ps/output.c b/ps/output.c
index a885a3dd..dcf1cca1 100644
--- a/ps/output.c
+++ b/ps/output.c
@@ -1122,8 +1122,11 @@ fail:
   return 1;
 }
 
-
-// move the bulk of this to libproc sometime
+#if 0
+// This needs more study, considering:
+// 1. the static linking option (maybe disable this in that case)
+// 2. the -z and -Z option issue
+// 3. width of output
 static int pr_context(char *restrict const outbuf, const proc_t *restrict const pp){
   static int (*ps_getpidcon)(pid_t pid, char **context) = 0;
   static int tried_load = 0;
@@ -1154,7 +1157,7 @@ static int pr_context(char *restrict const outbuf, const proc_t *restrict const
   }
   return len;
 }
-
+#endif
 
 
 ////////////////////////////// Test code /////////////////////////////////