diff --git a/archiver/lzo/lzo.conf b/archiver/lzo/lzo.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf6d4d9d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archiver/lzo/lzo.conf
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+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../lzo/lzo.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+# no shared library build by default
+if [ "$SDECFG_STATIC" -ne 1 ]; then
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--enable-shared"
+fi