--- a/make/common/NativeCompilation.gmk	Fri Nov 01 10:25:15 2019 -0400
+++ b/make/common/NativeCompilation.gmk	Mon Nov 04 14:57:27 2019 -0500
@@ -454,6 +454,28 @@
     endif
   endif
 
+  $$(call SetIfEmpty, $1_COMPILE_WITH_DEBUG_SYMBOLS, $$(COMPILE_WITH_DEBUG_SYMBOLS))
+
+  # STATIC_LIBS is set from Main.gmk when building static versions of certain
+  # native libraries.
+  ifeq ($(STATIC_LIBS), true)
+    $1_TYPE := STATIC_LIBRARY
+    # The static versions need to be redirected to different output dirs, both
+    # to not interfere with the main build as well as to not end up inside the
+    # jmods.
+    $1_OBJECT_DIR := $$($1_OBJECT_DIR)/static
+    $1_OUTPUT_DIR := $$($1_OBJECT_DIR)
+    # For release builds where debug symbols are configured to be moved to
+    # separate debuginfo files, disable debug symbols for static libs instead.
+    # We don't currently support this configuration and we don't want symbol
+    # information in release builds unless explicitly asked to provide it.
+    ifeq ($(DEBUG_LEVEL), release)
+      ifeq ($(COPY_DEBUG_SYMBOLS), true)
+        $1_COMPILE_WITH_DEBUG_SYMBOLS := false
+      endif
+    endif
+  endif
+
   ifeq ($$($1_TYPE), EXECUTABLE)
     $1_PREFIX :=
     ifeq ($$($1_SUFFIX), )
@@ -591,6 +613,9 @@
     $1_EXTRA_CFLAGS += $$($1_CFLAGS_$(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS)_release)
     $1_EXTRA_CFLAGS += $$($1_CFLAGS_$(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS)_$(OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU)_release)
   endif
+  ifeq ($(STATIC_LIBS), true)
+    $1_EXTRA_CFLAGS += $$(STATIC_LIBS_CFLAGS)
+  endif
 
   # Pickup extra OPENJDK_TARGET_OS_TYPE and/or OPENJDK_TARGET_OS dependent variables for CXXFLAGS.
   $1_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS := $$($1_CXXFLAGS_$(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS_TYPE)) $$($1_CXXFLAGS_$(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS))
@@ -604,6 +629,9 @@
     $1_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS += $$($1_CXXFLAGS_$(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS_TYPE)_release)
     $1_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS += $$($1_CXXFLAGS_$(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS)_release)
   endif
+  ifeq ($(STATIC_LIBS), true)
+    $1_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS += $$(STATIC_LIB_CFLAGS)
+  endif
 
   # If no C++ flags are explicitly set, default to using the C flags.
   # After that, we can set additional C++ flags that should not interfere
@@ -615,7 +643,7 @@
     $1_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS := $$($1_EXTRA_CFLAGS)
   endif
 
-  ifeq ($(COMPILE_WITH_DEBUG_SYMBOLS), true)
+  ifeq ($$($1_COMPILE_WITH_DEBUG_SYMBOLS), true)
     $1_EXTRA_CFLAGS += $$(CFLAGS_DEBUG_SYMBOLS)
     $1_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS += $$(CFLAGS_DEBUG_SYMBOLS)
     $1_EXTRA_ASFLAGS += $$(ASFLAGS_DEBUG_SYMBOLS)