diff --git a/APKBUILD.5 b/APKBUILD.5
index fe0f833..49b917e 100644
--- a/APKBUILD.5
+++ b/APKBUILD.5
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ Specifies the run-time dependencies of the -doc subpackage.
 Specifies the run-time dependencies of the -libs subpackage.
 .It Cm depends_openrc
 Specifies the run-time dependencies of the -openrc subpackage.
+.It Cm depends_static
+Specifies the run-time dependencies of the -static subpackage.
 .It Cm giturl
 Specifies the URL of the Git repository to use with
 .Cm abuild checkout .
diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 08fce58..1b51e13 100644
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ dev() {
 # predefined splitfunc static
 default_static() {
 	local i=
-	depends=""
+	depends="$depends_static"
 	pkgdesc="$pkgdesc (static library)"
 
 	cd "$pkgdir" || return 0