diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ad05f998a..b24f97782 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5228,10 +5228,16 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([pkcs11],
     [ ENABLED_PKCS11=no ]
     )
 
-if test "x$ENABLED_PKCS11" = "xyes"
+if test "x$ENABLED_PKCS11" != "xno"
 then
     AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -DHAVE_PKCS11 -DHAVE_WOLF_BIGINT"
-    LIBS="$LIBS -ldl"
+    if test "x$ENABLED_PKCS11" != "xstatic"
+    then
+        LIBS="$LIBS -ldl"
+    else
+        AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -DHAVE_PKCS11_STATIC"
+        ENABLED_PKCS11="yes"
+    fi
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/wc_pkcs11.c b/wolfcrypt/src/wc_pkcs11.c
index 97ec4e16d..7515ca705 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/wc_pkcs11.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/wc_pkcs11.c
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PKCS11
 
+#ifndef HAVE_PKCS11_STATIC
 #include <dlfcn.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <wolfssl/wolfcrypt/wc_pkcs11.h>
 #include <wolfssl/wolfcrypt/error-crypt.h>
@@ -416,7 +418,9 @@ static void pkcs11_val(const char* op, CK_ULONG val)
 int wc_Pkcs11_Initialize(Pkcs11Dev* dev, const char* library, void* heap)
 {
     int                  ret = 0;
+#ifndef HAVE_PKCS11_STATIC
     void*                func;
+#endif
     CK_C_INITIALIZE_ARGS args;
 
     if (dev == NULL || library == NULL)
@@ -424,6 +428,7 @@ int wc_Pkcs11_Initialize(Pkcs11Dev* dev, const char* library, void* heap)
 
     if (ret == 0) {
         dev->heap = heap;
+#ifndef HAVE_PKCS11_STATIC
         dev->dlHandle = dlopen(library, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL);
         if (dev->dlHandle == NULL) {
             WOLFSSL_MSG(dlerror());
@@ -441,6 +446,9 @@ int wc_Pkcs11_Initialize(Pkcs11Dev* dev, const char* library, void* heap)
     }
     if (ret == 0) {
         ret = ((CK_C_GetFunctionList)func)(&dev->func);
+#else
+        ret = C_GetFunctionList(&dev->func);
+#endif
         if (ret != CKR_OK) {
             PKCS11_RV("CK_C_GetFunctionList", ret);
             ret = WC_HW_E;
@@ -470,13 +478,19 @@ int wc_Pkcs11_Initialize(Pkcs11Dev* dev, const char* library, void* heap)
  */
 void wc_Pkcs11_Finalize(Pkcs11Dev* dev)
 {
-    if (dev != NULL && dev->dlHandle != NULL) {
+    if (dev != NULL
+#ifndef HAVE_PKCS11_STATIC
+        && dev->dlHandle != NULL
+#endif
+        ) {
         if (dev->func != NULL) {
             dev->func->C_Finalize(NULL);
             dev->func = NULL;
         }
+#ifndef HAVE_PKCS11_STATIC
         dlclose(dev->dlHandle);
         dev->dlHandle = NULL;
+#endif
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/pkcs11.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/pkcs11.h
index 09e2e6846..a3e9cf003 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/pkcs11.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/pkcs11.h
@@ -346,6 +346,10 @@ typedef CK_FUNCTION_LIST_PTR* CK_FUNCTION_LIST_PTR_PTR;
 
 typedef CK_RV (*CK_C_GetFunctionList)(CK_FUNCTION_LIST_PTR_PTR ppFunctionList);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PKCS11_STATIC
+CK_RV C_GetFunctionList(CK_FUNCTION_LIST_PTR_PTR ppFunctionList);
+#endif
+
 struct CK_FUNCTION_LIST {
     CK_VERSION version;
 
diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/wc_pkcs11.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/wc_pkcs11.h
index 9cc4f93f8..f857ea250 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/wc_pkcs11.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/wc_pkcs11.h
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
 
 
 typedef struct Pkcs11Dev {
+#ifndef HAVE_PKCS11_STATIC
     void*             dlHandle;         /* Handle to library  */
+#endif
     CK_FUNCTION_LIST* func;             /* Array of functions */
     void*             heap;
 } Pkcs11Dev;