--- a/hotspot/make/bsd/makefiles/gcc.make	Wed Jul 05 20:53:25 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/make/bsd/makefiles/gcc.make	Mon Oct 19 13:21:37 2015 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 1999, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1999, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -185,7 +185,14 @@
   CFLAGS += $(LIBFFI_CFLAGS)
   CFLAGS += $(LLVM_CFLAGS)
 endif
+
+ifeq ($(STATIC_BUILD),true)
+CXXFLAGS += -DSTATIC_BUILD
+CFLAGS += -DSTATIC_BUILD
+else
 CFLAGS += $(VM_PICFLAG)
+endif
+
 CFLAGS += -fno-rtti
 CFLAGS += -fno-exceptions
 ifeq ($(USE_CLANG),)