diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3b139b3..8ac0015 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ BINARY_LDFLAGS="$PIE_LDFLAGS $RELRO_LDFLAGS"
 AC_SUBST(BINARY_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(BINARY_LDFLAGS)
 
+AM_CONDITIONAL(STATIC_OPENSSL, test "$enable_shared" != "yes")
+
 AS_IF([test "$AR_FLAGS" = "cru"], [AR_FLAGS="cr"], [])
 AC_SUBST([AR_FLAGS])
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 84375f7..aba2947 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -43,8 +43,14 @@ noinst_HEADERS = \
 	user.h
 
 imaptest_CFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(BINARY_CFLAGS)
-imaptest_LDADD = $(LIBDOVECOT_SMTP) $(LIBDOVECOT) $(LIBDOVECOT_SSL) -lm $(BINARY_LDFLAGS)
-imaptest_DEPENDENCIES = $(LIBDOVECOT_SMTP_DEPS) $(LIBDOVECOT_DEPS) $(LIBDOVECOT_SSL_DEPS)
+imaptest_LDADD = $(LIBDOVECOT_SMTP) $(LIBDOVECOT) -lm $(BINARY_LDFLAGS)
+imaptest_DEPENDENCIES = $(LIBDOVECOT_SMTP_DEPS) $(LIBDOVECOT_DEPS)
+
+if STATIC_OPENSSL
+AM_CPPFLAGS += -DSTATIC_OPENSSL
+imaptest_LDADD += $(LIBDOVECOT_OPENSSL) $(DOVECOT_SSL_LIBS)
+imaptest_DEPENDENCIES = $(LIBDOVECOT_OPENSSL_DEPS)
+endif
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	tests/append \
diff --git a/src/imaptest.c b/src/imaptest.c
index 0de6469..23a0cf2 100644
--- a/src/imaptest.c
+++ b/src/imaptest.c
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 #include "home-expand.h"
 #include "smtp-address.h"
 #include "dsasl-client.h"
+#ifdef STATIC_OPENSSL
+#  include "iostream-openssl.h"
+#endif
 
 #include "settings.h"
 #include "mailbox.h"
@@ -791,6 +794,9 @@ int main(int argc ATTR_UNUSED, char *argv[])
 	mailboxes_init();
 	clients_init();
 	dsasl_clients_init();
+#ifdef STATIC_OPENSSL
+	ssl_iostream_openssl_init();
+#endif
 
 	i_array_init(&clients, CLIENTS_COUNT);
 	if (testpath == NULL)
@@ -818,6 +824,9 @@ int main(int argc ATTR_UNUSED, char *argv[])
 		o_stream_destroy(&results_output);
 	}
 
+#ifdef STATIC_OPENSSL
+	ssl_iostream_openssl_deinit();
+#endif
 	dsasl_clients_deinit();
 	lib_signals_deinit();
 	io_loop_destroy(&ioloop);