diff --git a/plugins/input/postgis/build.py b/plugins/input/postgis/build.py
index a1e8563c6..c1d4a00a6 100644
--- a/plugins/input/postgis/build.py
+++ b/plugins/input/postgis/build.py
@@ -33,15 +33,23 @@ postgis_src = Split(
   """
         )
 
-libraries = ['pq']
+# clear out and rebuild libs
+plugin_env['LIBS'] = ['pq']
 
 # Link Library to Dependencies
-libraries.append('mapnik')
-libraries.append(env['ICU_LIB_NAME'])
+plugin_env['LIBS'].append('mapnik')
+plugin_env['LIBS'].append(env['ICU_LIB_NAME'])
 if env['THREADING'] == 'multi':
-	libraries.append('boost_thread%s' % env['BOOST_APPEND'])
+	plugin_env['LIBS'].append('boost_thread%s' % env['BOOST_APPEND'])
 
-input_plugin = plugin_env.SharedLibrary('../postgis', source=postgis_src, SHLIBPREFIX='', SHLIBSUFFIX='.input', LIBS=libraries, LINKFLAGS=env['CUSTOM_LDFLAGS'])
+if env['RUNTIME_LINK'] == 'static':
+    #cmd = 'pg_config --libs'
+    #plugin_env.ParseConfig(cmd)
+    # pg_config does not seem to report correct deps of libpq
+    # so resort to hardcoding for now
+    plugin_env['LIBS'].extend(['ldap','pam','ssl','crypto','krb5'])
+
+input_plugin = plugin_env.SharedLibrary('../postgis', source=postgis_src, SHLIBPREFIX='', SHLIBSUFFIX='.input', LINKFLAGS=env['CUSTOM_LDFLAGS'])
 
 # if the plugin links to libmapnik ensure it is built first
 Depends(input_plugin, env.subst('../../../src/%s' % env['MAPNIK_LIB_NAME']))