diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6a9803c..3eb0ad5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ lib:
 	mkdir lib
 
 lib/$(LIB.STATIC): $(LIB.OBJS)
-	$(AR) cr $@ $^
+	$(AR) $(LDFLAGS.STATIC) $@ $^
 ifneq ($(STRIP),)
 	$(STRIP) -x $@
 endif
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ glew.pc: glew.pc.in
 glew.lib.mx:  lib lib/$(LIB.SHARED.MX) lib/$(LIB.STATIC.MX) glewmx.pc
 
 lib/$(LIB.STATIC.MX): $(LIB.OBJS.MX)
-	$(AR) cr $@ $^
+	$(AR) $(LDFLAGS.STATIC) $@ $^
 
 lib/$(LIB.SHARED.MX): $(LIB.SOBJS.MX)
 	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS.SO.MX) -o $@ $^ $(LIB.LDFLAGS) $(LIB.LIBS)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.cygming b/config/Makefile.cygming
index a356c5c..21fdfe4 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.cygming
+++ b/config/Makefile.cygming
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ INCDIR = /usr/include/mingw/GL
 CC := gcc -mno-cygwin
 LD := gcc -mno-cygwin
 LN :=
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L$(LIBDIR)
 WARN = -Wall -W
diff --git a/config/Makefile.cygwin b/config/Makefile.cygwin
index 8600fd0..ad8f6f0 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.cygwin
+++ b/config/Makefile.cygwin
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LN :=
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA =
 LIBDIR = $(GLEW_DEST)/lib
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lGL -lX11
-LDFLAGS.STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr -Wl,-Bstatic
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC = -Wl,-Bdynamic
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2
diff --git a/config/Makefile.darwin b/config/Makefile.darwin
index bf34a0e..9812907 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.darwin
+++ b/config/Makefile.darwin
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LDFLAGS.GL = -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lGL -lX11
 else
 LDFLAGS.GL = -framework AGL -framework OpenGL
 endif
-LDFLAGS.STATIC =
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC =
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2
diff --git a/config/Makefile.darwin-ppc b/config/Makefile.darwin-ppc
index 46c8b73..16dcfe8 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.darwin-ppc
+++ b/config/Makefile.darwin-ppc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LDFLAGS.GL = -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lGL -lX11
 else
 LDFLAGS.GL = -framework AGL -framework OpenGL
 endif
-LDFLAGS.STATIC =
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC =
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2
diff --git a/config/Makefile.darwin-universal b/config/Makefile.darwin-universal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bb00e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/Makefile.darwin-universal
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+NAME = $(GLEW_NAME)
+CC = cc
+LD = cc
+AR = LIBTOOL
+STRIP = 
+CFLAGS.EXTRA = -dynamic -fno-common
+#CFLAGS.EXTRA += -no-cpp-precomp
+CFLAGS.EXTRA += -arch i386 -arch x86_64
+LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -arch i386 -arch x86_64
+ifneq (undefined, $(origin GLEW_APPLE_GLX))
+CFLAGS.EXTRA += -I/usr/X11R6/include -D'GLEW_APPLE_GLX'
+LDFLAGS.GL = -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lGL -lX11
+else
+LDFLAGS.GL = -framework AGL -framework OpenGL
+endif
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = -static -o
+LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC =
+WARN = -Wall -W
+POPT = -O2
+CFLAGS.EXTRA += -fPIC
+BIN.SUFFIX =
+LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).$(SO_MAJOR).dylib
+LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).dylib
+LIB.SHARED    = lib$(NAME).$(SO_VERSION).dylib
+LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a
+LDFLAGS.SO    = -dynamiclib -install_name $(GLEW_DEST)/lib/$(LIB.SHARED) -current_version $(SO_VERSION) -compatibility_version $(SO_MAJOR)
+LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.$(SO_MAJOR).dylib
+LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dylib
+LIB.SHARED.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.$(SO_VERSION).dylib
+LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a
+LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -dynamiclib -install_name $(GLEW_DEST)/lib/$(LIB.SHARED.MX) -current_version $(SO_VERSION) -compatibility_version $(SO_MAJOR)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.darwin-x86_64 b/config/Makefile.darwin-x86_64
index e6eb050..656ad2c 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.darwin-x86_64
+++ b/config/Makefile.darwin-x86_64
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LDFLAGS.GL = -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lGL -lX11
 else
 LDFLAGS.GL = -framework AGL -framework OpenGL
 endif
-LDFLAGS.STATIC =
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC =
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2
diff --git a/config/Makefile.freebsd b/config/Makefile.freebsd
index ca2771d..e60368a 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.freebsd
+++ b/config/Makefile.freebsd
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CC = cc
 LD = ld
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lGL -lX11
-LDFLAGS.STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr -Wl,-Bstatic
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC = -Wl,-Bdynamic
 CFLAGS.EXTRA += -I/usr/X11R6/include -fPIC
 NAME = GLEW
diff --git a/config/Makefile.gnu b/config/Makefile.gnu
index b7c58be..f254ca5 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.gnu
+++ b/config/Makefile.gnu
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CC = cc
 LD = cc
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lGL -lX11
-LDFLAGS.STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr -Wl,-Bstatic
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC = -Wl,-Bdynamic
 NAME = GLEW
 WARN = -Wall -W
diff --git a/config/Makefile.haiku b/config/Makefile.haiku
index ce832f9..0ab5a0a 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.haiku
+++ b/config/Makefile.haiku
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ifneq (undefined, $(origin GLEW_MX))
 endif
 
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lGL
-LDFLAGS.STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr -Wl,-Bstatic
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC = -Wl,-Bdynamic
 
 NAME = GLEW
diff --git a/config/Makefile.irix b/config/Makefile.irix
index a1be5ee..3ddfcf7 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.irix
+++ b/config/Makefile.irix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ LD = ld
 ABI = -64# -n32
 CC += $(ABI)
 LD += $(ABI)
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA =
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lGL -lXext -lX11
 NAME = GLEW
diff --git a/config/Makefile.kfreebsd b/config/Makefile.kfreebsd
index faf1046..8bd089d 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.kfreebsd
+++ b/config/Makefile.kfreebsd
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CC = cc
 LD = cc
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lGL -lX11
-LDFLAGS.STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr -Wl,-Bstatic
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC = -Wl,-Bdynamic
 NAME = GLEW
 WARN = -Wall -W
diff --git a/config/Makefile.linux b/config/Makefile.linux
index 55e4a23..5bbed66 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.linux
+++ b/config/Makefile.linux
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ else
   LIBDIR = $(GLEW_DEST)/lib
 endif
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lGL -lX11
-LDFLAGS.STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr -Wl,-Bstatic
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC = -Wl,-Bdynamic
 NAME = GLEW
 WARN = -Wall -W
diff --git a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw-w64 b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw-w64
index bedf166..d88a907 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw-w64
+++ b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw-w64
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CC    := i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
 LD    := i686-w64-mingw32-ld
 LN    :=
 STRIP :=
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2
diff --git a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32 b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32
index fdb2239..6a1cfbb 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32
+++ b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ CC    := $(HOST)-gcc
 LD    := $(HOST)-ld
 LN    :=
 STRIP :=
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2
diff --git a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64 b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64
index 0e19f6c..43840f7 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64
+++ b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ CC    := $(HOST)-gcc
 LD    := $(HOST)-ld
 LN    :=
 STRIP :=
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2
diff --git a/config/Makefile.mingw b/config/Makefile.mingw
index f1fb194..1bb3b0b 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.mingw
+++ b/config/Makefile.mingw
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ NAME = glew32
 CC := gcc
 LD := gcc
 LN :=
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/mingw/lib
 WARN = -Wall -W
diff --git a/config/Makefile.nacl-32 b/config/Makefile.nacl-32
index 2a5cec7..a5360f5 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.nacl-32
+++ b/config/Makefile.nacl-32
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ LDFLAGS.EXTRA += -melf_nacl
 LDFLAGS.GL =
 LDFLAGS.GLU = -lRegalGLU
 LDFLAGS.GLUT = -lRegalGLUT
-LDFLAGS.STATIC =
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC = -shared
 WARN = -Wall -W -Wno-unused-parameter
 POPT = -O2
diff --git a/config/Makefile.nacl-64 b/config/Makefile.nacl-64
index 37cb6e9..16af8fd 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.nacl-64
+++ b/config/Makefile.nacl-64
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ LDFLAGS.EXTRA += -melf64_nacl
 LDFLAGS.GL =
 LDFLAGS.GLU = -lRegalGLU
 LDFLAGS.GLUT = -lRegalGLUT
-LDFLAGS.STATIC =
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC = -shared
 WARN = -Wall -W -Wno-unused-parameter
 POPT = -O2
diff --git a/config/Makefile.netbsd b/config/Makefile.netbsd
index 6da47b1..e03d029 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.netbsd
+++ b/config/Makefile.netbsd
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CC = cc
 LD = ld
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R7/lib -R /usr/X11R7/lib 
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lGL -lX11
-LDFLAGS.STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr -Wl,-Bstatic
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC = -Wl,-Bdynamic
 CFLAGS.EXTRA += -I/usr/X11R7/include -fPIC
 NAME = GLEW
diff --git a/config/Makefile.openbsd b/config/Makefile.openbsd
index ade993e..fcd4eb0 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.openbsd
+++ b/config/Makefile.openbsd
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CC = cc
 LD = ld
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lGLU -lGL -lX11 -lm
-LDFLAGS.STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr -Wl,-Bstatic
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC = -Wl,-Bdynamic
 CFLAGS.EXTRA += -I/usr/X11R6/include
 NAME = GLEW
diff --git a/config/Makefile.solaris b/config/Makefile.solaris
index 96e6d1f..87a53b3 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.solaris
+++ b/config/Makefile.solaris
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ NAME = $(GLEW_NAME)
 CC = cc
 LD = ld
 CFLAGS.EXTRA = -I/usr/openwin/include -Kpic
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr
 LDFLAGS.SO = -G
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/openwin/lib
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lGL -lX11
diff --git a/config/Makefile.solaris-gcc b/config/Makefile.solaris-gcc
index d66395b..8b92753 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.solaris-gcc
+++ b/config/Makefile.solaris-gcc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ NAME = $(GLEW_NAME)
 CC = gcc
 LD = ld
 CFLAGS.EXTRA = -I/usr/openwin/include -fPIC
+LDFLAGS.STATIC = cr
 LDFLAGS.SO = -G
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/openwin/lib
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lGL -lX11