--- pyalpm/setup.py.orig	2020-02-23 16:10:00.163976600 +0100
+++ pyalpm/setup.py	2020-02-23 16:12:27.525811500 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import os
 from setuptools import setup, Extension
+import subprocess
 
 
 os.putenv('LC_CTYPE', 'en_US.UTF-8')
@@ -9,15 +10,25 @@
 
 PYCMAN_SCRIPTS = ['database', 'deptest', 'query', 'remove', 'sync', 'upgrade', 'version']
 
+# From: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/502261-python-distutils-pkg-config/
+def pkg_config(*pkg_config_flags, **kw):
+    flag_map = {'-I': 'include_dirs', '-L': 'library_dirs', '-l': 'libraries'}
+    kw['extra_compile_args'] = cflags
+    for token in subprocess.check_output(("pkg-config --libs --cflags %s" % ' '.join(pkg_config_flags)).split()).decode('ascii').split():
+        if token[:2] in flag_map:
+            kw.setdefault(flag_map.get(token[:2]), []).append(token[2:])
+        else:
+            kw['extra_compile_args'].append(token)
+    return kw
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     cflags = ['-Wall', '-Wextra', '-Werror',
               '-Wno-unused-parameter', '-Wno-incompatible-pointer-types',
-              '-Wno-cast-function-type', '-std=c99', '-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64']
+              '-Wno-cast-function-type', '-Wno-unused-function', '-Wno-strict-aliasing', '-std=c99', '-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
+              '-DVERSION="%s"' % pyalpm_version]
 
     alpm = Extension('pyalpm',
-                     libraries=['alpm'],
-                     extra_compile_args=cflags + ['-DVERSION="%s"' % pyalpm_version],
                      language='C',
                      sources=['src/pyalpm.c',
                               'src/util.c',
@@ -31,7 +42,9 @@
                               'src/options.h',
                               'src/package.h',
                               'src/pyalpm.h',
-                              'src/util.h'])
+                              'src/util.h'],
+                    **pkg_config('libalpm', '--static' if os.getenv('LIBALPM_STATIC') else '')
+                    )
 
     with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
         long_description = fh.read()