diff --git a/racket/src/configure b/racket/src/configure
index 36e0c66d07..fd7fc13e17 100755
--- a/racket/src/configure
+++ b/racket/src/configure
@@ -761,6 +761,7 @@ CGC_INSTALLED
 CGC_CAP_INSTALLED
 MAIN_VARIANT
 INSTALL_SETUP_FLAGS
+INSTALL_LIBS_ENABLE
 RUN_RACKET_CGC
 RUN_RACKET_MMM
 RUN_RACKET_MAIN_VARIANT
@@ -1356,6 +1357,7 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-shared         create shared libraries (ok, but not recommended)
   --enable-dynlib         same as --enable-shared
   --enable-lt=<prog>      use <prog> instead of libtool; disable to use bundled
+  --enable-libs           install Racket static libraries, if any
   --enable-libffi         use installed libffi (enabled by default for Unix)
   --enable-sdk=<path>     use Mac OS X 10.4 SDK directory
   --enable-sdk6=<path>    use Mac OS X 10.6 SDK directory
@@ -2067,6 +2069,11 @@ else
   enable_lt=default
 fi
 
+# Check whether --enable-dynlib was given.
+if test "${enable_dynlib+set}" = set; then
+  enableval=$enable_dynlib;
+fi
+
 
 # Check whether --enable-libffi was given.
 if test "${enable_libffi+set}" = set; then
@@ -2399,6 +2406,8 @@ show_explicitly_enabled "${enable_noopt}" "No-optimization" "Note that this mode
 show_explicitly_enabled "${enable_strip}" "Debug-symbol stripping"
 show_explicitly_disabled "${enable_strip}" "Debug-symbol stripping"
 
+show_explicitly_enabled "${enable_libs}" "Installation of static libraries (if any)"
+
 show_explicitly_disabled "${enable_mac64}" "64-bit Mac OS X"
 
 show_explicitly_enabled "${enable_libfw}" "Frameworks-to-system"
@@ -2488,6 +2497,8 @@ MAIN_VARIANT=3m
 
 INSTALL_SETUP_FLAGS=
 
+INSTALL_LIBS_ENABLE=no-install
+
 STRIP_DEBUG=":"
 enable_strip_by_default=yes
 
@@ -4015,6 +4026,7 @@ fi
 
 if test "${enable_shared}" = "yes" ; then
   LIBRACKET_DEP="${LIBRACKET_DEP} libmzgc.la"
+  INSTALL_LIBS_ENABLE=install
 fi
 
 if test "${enable_foreign}" = "yes" ; then
@@ -4024,6 +4036,10 @@ if test "${enable_jit}" = "yes" ; then
   check_for_mprotect=yes
 fi
 
+if test "${enable_libs}" = "yes" ; then
+  INSTALL_LIBS_ENABLE=install
+fi
+
 ############## platform tests ################
 
 # for flags we don't want to use in config tests:
@@ -9220,6 +9236,8 @@ LIBS="$LIBS $EXTRALIBS"
 
 
 
+
+
 
 
 
@@ -10099,6 +10117,7 @@ CGC_INSTALLED!$CGC_INSTALLED$ac_delim
 CGC_CAP_INSTALLED!$CGC_CAP_INSTALLED$ac_delim
 MAIN_VARIANT!$MAIN_VARIANT$ac_delim
 INSTALL_SETUP_FLAGS!$INSTALL_SETUP_FLAGS$ac_delim
+INSTALL_LIBS_ENABLE!$INSTALL_LIBS_ENABLE$ac_delim
 RUN_RACKET_CGC!$RUN_RACKET_CGC$ac_delim
 RUN_RACKET_MMM!$RUN_RACKET_MMM$ac_delim
 RUN_RACKET_MAIN_VARIANT!$RUN_RACKET_MAIN_VARIANT$ac_delim
@@ -10108,7 +10127,7 @@ LIBOBJS!$LIBOBJS$ac_delim
 LTLIBOBJS!$LTLIBOBJS$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
-  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 57; then
+  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 58; then
     break
   elif $ac_last_try; then
     { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: could not make $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
diff --git a/racket/src/racket/Makefile.in b/racket/src/racket/Makefile.in
index 7e23ef2293..9a1ca1458c 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/Makefile.in
+++ b/racket/src/racket/Makefile.in
@@ -342,23 +342,35 @@ unix-install:
 	cd ..; echo 'LIBS=@LIBS@' >> "$(BUILDINFO)"
 
 unix-install-cgc:
-	cd ..; $(ICP) racket/libmzgc.@LIBSFX@ "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libmzgc.@LIBSFX@"
-	cd ..; $(ICP) racket/libracket.@LIBSFX@ "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libracket.@LIBSFX@"
+	$(MAKE) unix-@INSTALL_LIBS_ENABLE@-libs-cgc
 	cd ..; $(ICP) racket/racket@CGC@ "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/racket@CGC_INSTALLED@"
 	cd ..; $(STRIP_DEBUG) "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/racket@CGC_INSTALLED@"
 	cd ..; cp racket/mzdyn.o "$(DESTDIR)$(libpltdir)/mzdyn.o"
 	@RUN_RACKET_CGC@ -cu "$(srcdir)/collects-path.rkt" "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/racket@CGC_INSTALLED@@EXE_SUFFIX@" @COLLECTS_PATH@ @CONFIG_PATH@
 
+unix-install-libs-cgc:
+	cd ..; $(ICP) racket/libmzgc.@LIBSFX@ "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libmzgc.@LIBSFX@"
+	cd ..; $(ICP) racket/libracket.@LIBSFX@ "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libracket.@LIBSFX@"
+
+unix-no-install-libs-cgc:
+	$(NOOP)
+
 unix-install-cgc-final:
 	$(NOOP)
 
 unix-install-3m:
 	cd ..; $(ICP) racket/racket@MMM@ "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/racket@MMM_INSTALLED@"
 	cd ..; $(STRIP_DEBUG) "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/racket@MMM_INSTALLED@"
-	cd ..; $(ICP) racket/libracket3m.@LIBSFX@ "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libracket3m.@LIBSFX@"
+	$(MAKE) unix-@INSTALL_LIBS_ENABLE@-libs-3m
 	cd ..; $(ICP) racket/mzdyn3m.o "$(DESTDIR)$(libpltdir)/mzdyn3m.o"
 	@RUN_RACKET_MMM@ -cu "$(srcdir)/collects-path.rkt" "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/racket@MMM_INSTALLED@@EXE_SUFFIX@" @COLLECTS_PATH@ @CONFIG_PATH@
 
+unix-install-libs-3m:
+	cd ..; $(ICP) racket/libracket3m.@LIBSFX@ "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libracket3m.@LIBSFX@"
+
+unix-no-install-libs-3m:
+	$(NOOP)
+
 unix-install-3m-final:
 	$(NOOP)
 
diff --git a/racket/src/racket/configure.ac b/racket/src/racket/configure.ac
index ff72473484..9ca90ada31 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/configure.ac
+++ b/racket/src/racket/configure.ac
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(usersetup, [  --enable-usersetup      setup user-specific files on
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(shared,  [  --enable-shared         create shared libraries (ok, but not recommended)])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(dynlib,  [  --enable-dynlib         same as --enable-shared])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(lt,      [  --enable-lt=<prog>      use <prog> instead of libtool; disable to use bundled], LIBTOOLPROG="$enableval", enable_lt=default)
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(dynlib,  [  --enable-libs           install Racket static libraries, if any])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(libffi,  [  --enable-libffi         use installed libffi (enabled by default for Unix)], , enable_libffi=default)
 
@@ -297,6 +298,8 @@ show_explicitly_enabled "${enable_noopt}" "No-optimization" "Note that this mode
 show_explicitly_enabled "${enable_strip}" "Debug-symbol stripping"
 show_explicitly_disabled "${enable_strip}" "Debug-symbol stripping"
 
+show_explicitly_enabled "${enable_libs}" "Installation of static libraries (if any)"
+
 show_explicitly_disabled "${enable_mac64}" "64-bit Mac OS X"
 
 show_explicitly_enabled "${enable_libfw}" "Frameworks-to-system"
@@ -386,6 +389,8 @@ MAIN_VARIANT=3m
 
 INSTALL_SETUP_FLAGS=
 
+INSTALL_LIBS_ENABLE=no-install
+
 STRIP_DEBUG=":"
 enable_strip_by_default=yes
 
@@ -514,6 +519,7 @@ fi
 
 if test "${enable_shared}" = "yes" ; then
   LIBRACKET_DEP="${LIBRACKET_DEP} libmzgc.la"
+  INSTALL_LIBS_ENABLE=install
 fi
 
 if test "${enable_foreign}" = "yes" ; then
@@ -523,6 +529,10 @@ if test "${enable_jit}" = "yes" ; then
   check_for_mprotect=yes
 fi
 
+if test "${enable_libs}" = "yes" ; then
+  INSTALL_LIBS_ENABLE=install
+fi
+
 ############## platform tests ################
 
 # for flags we don't want to use in config tests:
@@ -1510,6 +1520,8 @@ AC_SUBST(MAIN_VARIANT)
 
 AC_SUBST(INSTALL_SETUP_FLAGS)
 
+AC_SUBST(INSTALL_LIBS_ENABLE)
+
 AC_SUBST(RUN_RACKET_CGC)
 AC_SUBST(RUN_RACKET_MMM)
 AC_SUBST(RUN_RACKET_MAIN_VARIANT)