diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3947b29..45bc9a4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ DIST_DIR := $(shell mktemp -d /tmp/glew.XXXXXX)/$(DIST_NAME)
 #   - use LN= on gmake command-line
 
 AR      ?= ar
-ARFLAGS.STATIC ?= cr
+ARFLAGS ?= cr
 INSTALL ?= install
 STRIP   ?= strip
 RM      ?= rm -f
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ lib:
 	mkdir lib
 
 lib/$(LIB.STATIC): $(LIB.OBJS)
-	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS.STATIC) $@ $^
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^
 ifneq ($(STRIP),)
 	$(STRIP) -x $@
 endif
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ glew.pc: glew.pc.in
 glew.lib.mx:  lib lib/$(LIB.SHARED.MX) lib/$(LIB.STATIC.MX) glewmx.pc
 
 lib/$(LIB.STATIC.MX): $(LIB.OBJS.MX)
-	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS.STATIC) $@ $^
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^
 
 lib/$(LIB.SHARED.MX): $(LIB.SOBJS.MX)
 	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS.SO.MX) -o $@ $^ $(LIB.LDFLAGS) $(LIB.LIBS)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.darwin-universal b/config/Makefile.darwin-universal
index 17e7e4a..b2ba4af 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.darwin-universal
+++ b/config/Makefile.darwin-universal
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ NAME = $(GLEW_NAME)
 CC = cc
 LD = cc
 AR = LIBTOOL
+ARFLAGS = -static -o
 STRIP = 
 CFLAGS.EXTRA = -dynamic -fno-common
 #CFLAGS.EXTRA += -no-cpp-precomp
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ LDFLAGS.GL = -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lGL -lX11
 else
 LDFLAGS.GL = -framework AGL -framework OpenGL
 endif
-ARFLAGS.STATIC = -static -o
 LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC =
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2