diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8e4df28..7e9b50bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -256,14 +256,14 @@ HAVE_FUSE=0`".
 The following table provides an overview of the used libraries and
 build options:
 
-| __LIBRARY__    |__BUILD OPTION__| __TOOLS__                             |
-|----------------|:--------------:|:-------------------------------------:|
-| fuse           | `HAVE_FUSE`    | cmsfs-fuse, zdsfs, hmcdrvfs, zgetdump |
-| zlib           | `HAVE_ZLIB`    | zgetdump, dump2tar                    |
-| ncurses        | `HAVE_NCURSES` | hyptop                                |
-| pfm            | `HAVE_PFM`     | cpacfstats                            |
-| net-snmp       | `HAVE_SNMP`    | osasnmpd                              |
-| glibc-static   | `n/a`          | zfcpdump                              |
+| __LIBRARY__    | __BUILD OPTION__   | __TOOLS__                             |
+|----------------|:------------------:|:-------------------------------------:|
+| fuse           | `HAVE_FUSE`        | cmsfs-fuse, zdsfs, hmcdrvfs, zgetdump |
+| zlib           | `HAVE_ZLIB`        | zgetdump, dump2tar                    |
+| ncurses        | `HAVE_NCURSES`     | hyptop                                |
+| pfm            | `HAVE_PFM`         | cpacfstats                            |
+| net-snmp       | `HAVE_SNMP`        | osasnmpd                              |
+| glibc-static   | `HAVE_LIBC_STATIC` | zfcpdump                              |
 
 This table lists additional build or install options:
 
diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index bb6cdf06..e3328ab6 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -113,9 +113,10 @@ DEFAULT_LDFLAGS = -rdynamic
 # $2: Name of include file to check
 # $3: Name of required devel package
 # $4: Option to skip build (e.g. HAVE_FUSE=0)
+# $5: Additional compiler & linker options (optional)
 #
 check_dep=\
-printf "\#include <%s>" $2 | ( $(CC) $(filter-out --coverage, $(ALL_CFLAGS)) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) -c -o /dev/null -xc - ) > /dev/null 2>&1; \
+printf "\#include <%s>\n int main(void) {return 0;}" $2 | ( $(CC) $(filter-out --coverage, $(ALL_CFLAGS)) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $5 -o /dev/null -xc - ) > /dev/null 2>&1; \
 if [ $$? != 0 ]; \
 then \
 	printf "  REQCHK  %s (%s)\n" $1 $2; \
diff --git a/zfcpdump/Makefile b/zfcpdump/Makefile
index ea17294f..5fcb0739 100644
--- a/zfcpdump/Makefile
+++ b/zfcpdump/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,25 @@ include ../common.mak
 
 CPIOINIT  = $(call echocmd,"  CPIOINI ",/$@)./cpioinit
 
-all: $(ZFCPDUMP_PART_RD)
+ifeq (${HAVE_LIBC_STATIC},0)
+
+all:
+	$(SKIP) HAVE_LIBC_STATIC=0
+
+install:
+	$(SKIP) HAVE_LIBC_STATIC=0
+
+else
+
+check_dep:
+	$(call check_dep, \
+		"zfcpdump", \
+		"stdio.h", \
+		"glibc-static or libc-dev", \
+		"HAVE_LIBC_STATIC=0", \
+		"-static")
+
+all: check_dep $(ZFCPDUMP_PART_RD)
 
 cpioinit: cpioinit.c
 	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -o $@ $^
@@ -19,7 +37,9 @@ $(ZFCPDUMP_PART_RD): cpioinit zfcpdump_part
 install: all
 	$(INSTALL) -m 611 $(ZFCPDUMP_PART_RD) $(DESTDIR)$(ZFCPDUMP_DIR)
 
+endif
+
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o *.gz *.tmp *~ zfcpdump_part cpioinit $(ZFCPDUMP_PART_RD)
 
-.PHONY: all clean install
+.PHONY: all clean install check_dep