1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 90244a9..17eada1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ class psycopg_build_ext(build_ext):
         self.mx_include_dir = None
         self.use_pydatetime = 1
         self.have_ssl = have_ssl
+        self.static_libpq = static_libpq
         self.pg_config = None
 
     def get_compiler(self):
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ or with the pg_config option in 'setup.cfg'.
             sys.exit(1)
 
         self.include_dirs.append(".")
-        if static_libpq:
+        if self.static_libpq:
             if not self.link_objects: self.link_objects = []
             self.link_objects.append(
                     os.path.join(self.get_pg_config("libdir"), "libpq.a"))