diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 5291bfdbc..d48d46148 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2012-01-08</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Prevent Libnl from installing static libraries.
+          Thanks to Ken Moffat for the report.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Coreutils-8.15. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2996">#2996</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/libnl.xml b/chapter06/libnl.xml
index e683f8f80..ed4d8b738 100644
--- a/chapter06/libnl.xml
+++ b/chapter06/libnl.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
 
     <para>Prepare Libnl for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  --disable-static</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>