Index: README
==================================================================
--- README
+++ README
@@ -144,10 +144,15 @@
 	10. KC_TCL_STATICPKGS
 		Set this variable to the value "1" to attempt to force the
 		packages included in the "pkgs" directory of Tcl 8.6+
 		to be compiled statically
 
+	11. KITCREATOR_STATIC_KITDLL
+		Set this variable to the value "1" to build a static KitDLL.
+		This only has an affect when KITCREATOR_PKGS specifies that
+		"kitdll" is to be built (e.g., KITCREATOR_PKGS='kitdll')
+
 
 Cross compiling Environment Variables:
 
 	1. CC  
 		C compiler   e.g. i686-pc-mingw32-gcc

Index: kitsh/build.sh
==================================================================
--- kitsh/build.sh
+++ kitsh/build.sh
@@ -113,11 +113,15 @@
 	# Cleanup
 	rm -f kit kit.exe tclsh tclsh.exe
 
 	# Determine if target is KitDLL or KitSH
 	if [ "${KITTARGET}" = "kitdll" ]; then
-		CONFIGUREEXTRA="${CONFIGUREEXTRA} --enable-kitdll=static"
+		if [ "${KITCREATOR_STATIC_KITDLL}" = '1' ]; then
+			CONFIGUREEXTRA="${CONFIGUREEXTRA} --enable-kitdll=static"
+		else
+			CONFIGUREEXTRA="${CONFIGUREEXTRA} --enable-kitdll"
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	# Compile Kit
 	if [ -z "${ZLIBDIR}" ]; then
 		echo "Running: ./configure --with-tcl=\"${TCLCONFIGDIR}\" ${CONFIGUREEXTRA}"