diff --git a/include/slibtool/slibtool.h b/include/slibtool/slibtool.h
index 9da8d3f..091ec79 100644
--- a/include/slibtool/slibtool.h
+++ b/include/slibtool/slibtool.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define SLBT_DRIVER_ALL_STATIC		0x01000000
 #define SLBT_DRIVER_DISABLE_STATIC	0x02000000
+#define SLBT_DRIVER_DISABLE_SHARED	0x04000000
 
 /* execution modes */
 enum slbt_mode {
diff --git a/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c b/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
index 544e485..673cfeb 100644
--- a/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
+++ b/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
@@ -705,6 +705,9 @@ int slbt_get_driver_ctx(
 
 					else if (!strcmp("disable-static",entry->arg))
 						cctx.drvflags |= SLBT_DRIVER_DISABLE_STATIC;
+
+					else if (!strcmp("disable-shared",entry->arg))
+						cctx.drvflags |= SLBT_DRIVER_DISABLE_SHARED;
 					break;
 
 				case TAG_CONFIG:
@@ -818,6 +821,10 @@ int slbt_get_driver_ctx(
 					cctx.drvflags |= SLBT_DRIVER_DISABLE_STATIC;
 					break;
 
+				case TAG_DISABLE_SHARED:
+					cctx.drvflags |= SLBT_DRIVER_DISABLE_SHARED;
+					break;
+
 				case TAG_AVOID_VERSION:
 					cctx.drvflags |= SLBT_DRIVER_AVOID_VERSION;
 					break;
diff --git a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
index 3c45f91..2ecc652 100644
--- a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ enum app_tags {
 	TAG_STATIC,
 	TAG_ALL_STATIC,
 	TAG_DISABLE_STATIC,
+	TAG_DISABLE_SHARED,
 	TAG_NO_UNDEFINED,
 	TAG_MODULE,
 	TAG_AVOID_VERSION,
diff --git a/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c b/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
index 0e29d96..e3c0ce2 100644
--- a/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
+++ b/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const struct argv_option slbt_default_options[] = {
 				"do not make any changes to the file system"},
 
 	{"tag",			0,TAG_TAG,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,0,
-				"CC|CXX|NASM|disable-static",0,
+				"CC|CXX|NASM|disable-static|disable-shared",0,
 				"a universal playground game"},
 
 	{"config",		0,TAG_CONFIG,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,0,0,0,
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ const struct argv_option slbt_default_options[] = {
 				"containing the individual object files. "
 				"[currently a no-op]"},
 
+	{"disable-shared",	0,TAG_DISABLE_SHARED,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,
+				ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_ONLY,0,0,
+				"for libraries, only create an archive "
+				"containing the individual object files, and "
+				"accordingly do not create a shared library. "
+				"[currently a no-op]"},
+
 	{"avoid-version",	0,TAG_AVOID_VERSION,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,
 				ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_ONLY,0,0,
 				"do not store version information, "