diff --git a/README b/README
index a4ef021d..d4985224 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ See http://xbps.nopcode.org/ for information.
 
 To build this you'll need:
 
+  - pkg-config
   - openssl (development package with static libs)
-  - libarchive (development package with static libs, and all features
-    built in: acl/attr, xz, bzip2 and zlib are REQUIRED to build the
-    static binaries!)
+  - libarchive (development package with static libs)
   - proplib (development package with static lib),
     available at http://code.google.com/p/portableproplib
   - asciidoc (to build the manpages)
diff --git a/vars.mk b/vars.mk
index 897132ac..634c084e 100644
--- a/vars.mk
+++ b/vars.mk
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ CFLAGS = $(DEBUG_FLAGS) $(WARNFLAGS) -fPIC -DPIC -fstack-protector-all
 SHAREDLIB_CFLAGS = -fvisibility=default
 
 # Grr, hate the static libs!
-STATIC_LIBS =	-lprop -lpthread -larchive -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lacl
-STATIC_LIBS +=	-lattr -llzma -lbz2 -lz
+STATIC_LIBS =	-lprop -lpthread
+STATIC_LIBS +=	`pkg-config openssl --libs --static`
+STATIC_LIBS +=	`pkg-config libarchive --libs --static`