--- configure.orig	2022-12-16 13:18:32.859905065 +0100
+++ configure	2022-12-16 13:23:03.467754104 +0100
@@ -17845,6 +17845,51 @@
 $as_echo "$OPENSSL_RPATH" >&6; }
 
 
+# This static linking is NOT OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED and not advertised.
+# Requires static OpenSSL build with position-independent code. Some features
+# like DSO engines or external OSSL providers don't work. Only tested with GCC
+# and clang on X86_64.
+if test "x$PY_UNSUPPORTED_OPENSSL_BUILD" = xstatic; then :
+
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for unsupported static openssl build" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for unsupported static openssl build... " >&6; }
+  new_OPENSSL_LIBS=
+  for arg in $OPENSSL_LIBS; do
+    case $arg in #(
+  -l*) :
+
+        libname=$(echo $arg | cut -c3-)
+        case `uname` in
+          Linux)
+        new_OPENSSL_LIBS="$new_OPENSSL_LIBS -l:lib${libname}.a -Wl,--exclude-libs,lib${libname}.a"
+            ;;
+          Darwin)
+            new_OPENSSL_LIBS="$new_OPENSSL_LIBS -Wl,-hidden-l${libname}"
+            ;;
+        esac
+       ;; #(
+  *) :
+    new_OPENSSL_LIBS="$new_OPENSSL_LIBS $arg"
+     ;;
+esac
+  done
+    OPENSSL_LIBS="$new_OPENSSL_LIBS $ZLIB_LIBS"
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $OPENSSL_LIBS" >&5
+$as_echo "$OPENSSL_LIBS" >&6; }
+
+fi
+
+LIBCRYPTO_LIBS=
+for arg in $OPENSSL_LIBS; do
+  case $arg in #(
+  -l*ssl*|-Wl*ssl*) :
+     ;; #(
+  *) :
+    LIBCRYPTO_LIBS="$LIBCRYPTO_LIBS $arg"
+   ;;
+esac
+done
+
 # check if OpenSSL libraries work as expected
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether OpenSSL provides required APIs" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking whether OpenSSL provides required APIs... " >&6; }