Index: nDPI-1.8/configure.ac
===================================================================
--- nDPI-1.8/configure.ac
+++ nDPI-1.8/configure.ac	2018-01-31 13:36:53.600491650 +0100
@@ -84,9 +84,13 @@
              [], [] )
 LIBS=$OLD_LIBS
 
-
 AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_setaffinity_np, AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_PTHREAD_SETAFFINITY_NP, 1, [libc has pthread_setaffinity_np]))
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([examples-dynamic-linking],
+             [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-examples-dynamic-linking],
+                             [dynamically link examples against libndpi (default is no)])])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(EXAMPLES_DYNAMIC_LINK, [test "x$enable_examples_dynamic_linking" = "xyes"])
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/lib/Makefile example/Makefile libndpi.pc])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AC_SUBST(GIT_RELEASE)
Index: nDPI-1.8/example/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- nDPI-1.8/example/Makefile.am
+++ nDPI-1.8/example/Makefile.am	2018-01-31 13:37:37.556305112 +0100
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 AM_CFLAGS = @PTHREAD_CFLAGS@
 
 LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libndpi.la @JSON_C_LIB@ @PTHREAD_LIBS@ @PCAP_LIB@
+if !EXAMPLES_DYNAMIC_LINK
 AM_LDFLAGS = -static
+endif
 
 ndpiReader_SOURCES = ndpiReader.c ndpi_util.c