diff --git a/python-3.1.1-no-static-lib.patch b/python-3.1.1-no-static-lib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..325636e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-3.1.1-no-static-lib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+diff -up Python-3.1.1/Makefile.pre.in.no-static-lib Python-3.1.1/Makefile.pre.in
+--- Python-3.1.1/Makefile.pre.in.no-static-lib	2010-01-17 15:42:11.945858717 -0500
++++ Python-3.1.1/Makefile.pre.in	2010-01-17 16:44:32.788859363 -0500
+@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ coverage:
+ 
+ 
+ # Build the interpreter
+-$(BUILDPYTHON):	Modules/python.o $(LIBRARY) $(LDLIBRARY)
++$(BUILDPYTHON):	Modules/python.o $(LDLIBRARY)
+ 		$(LINKCC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LINKFORSHARED) -o $@ \
+ 			Modules/python.o \
+ 			$(BLDLIBRARY) $(LIBS) $(MODLIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(LDLAST)
+@@ -421,18 +421,6 @@ sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON)
+ 	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
+ 	esac
+ 
+-# Build static library
+-# avoid long command lines, same as LIBRARY_OBJS
+-$(LIBRARY): $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
+-	-rm -f $@
+-	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ Modules/getbuildinfo.o
+-	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(PARSER_OBJS)
+-	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(OBJECT_OBJS)
+-	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(PYTHON_OBJS)
+-	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(MODULE_OBJS) $(SIGNAL_OBJS)
+-	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(MODOBJS)
+-	$(RANLIB) $@
+-
+ libpython$(VERSION).so: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
+ 	if test $(INSTSONAME) != $(LDLIBRARY); then \
+ 		$(LDSHARED) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-h$(INSTSONAME) -o $(INSTSONAME) $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(MODLIBS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST); \
+@@ -973,18 +961,6 @@ libainstall:	all
+ 		else	true; \
+ 		fi; \
+ 	done
+-	@if test -d $(LIBRARY); then :; else \
+-		if test "$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR)" = no-framework; then \
+-			if test "$(SO)" = .dll; then \
+-				$(INSTALL_DATA) $(LDLIBRARY) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL) ; \
+-			else \
+-				$(INSTALL_DATA) $(LIBRARY) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/$(LIBRARY) ; \
+-				$(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/$(LIBRARY) ; \
+-			fi; \
+-		else \
+-			echo Skip install of $(LIBRARY) - use make frameworkinstall; \
+-		fi; \
+-	fi
+ 	$(INSTALL_DATA) Modules/config.c $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/config.c
+ 	$(INSTALL_DATA) Modules/python.o $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/python.o
+ 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Modules/config.c.in $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/config.c.in
diff --git a/python3.spec b/python3.spec
index 023c6c9..ca03b0f 100644
--- a/python3.spec
+++ b/python3.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 Summary: Version 3 of the Python programming language aka Python 3000
 Name: python3
 Version: %{pybasever}.1
-Release: 16%{?dist}
+Release: 17%{?dist}
 License: Python
 Group: Development/Languages
 Source: http://python.org/ftp/python/%{version}/Python-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ Patch5: python-3.1.1-install-tkinter-tests.patch
 # (The resulting test support code is in the tkinter subpackage, but
 # this is not a major problem)
 
+# Patch the Makefile.pre.in so that the generated Makefile doesn't try to build
+# a libpythonMAJOR.MINOR.a (bug 550692):
+Patch6: python-3.1.1-no-static-lib.patch
+
 Patch102: python-3.1.1-lib64.patch
 
 # http://bugs.python.org/issue6999 -- fixed in r75062
@@ -163,6 +167,7 @@ done
 %patch3 -p1 -b .remove-mimeaudio-tests
 %patch4 -p1 -b .apply-our-changes-to-expected-shebang
 %patch5 -p1 -b .install-tkinter-tests
+%patch6 -p1 -b .no-static-lib
 
 %if "%{_lib}" == "lib64"
 %patch102 -p1 -b .lib64
@@ -492,6 +497,9 @@ rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{pylibdir}/tkinter/test
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jan 17 2010 David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> - 3.1.1-17
+- patch Makefile.pre.in to avoid building static library (patch 6, bug 556092)
+
 * Fri Jan 15 2010 David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> - 3.1.1-16
 - use the %%{_isa} macro to ensure that the python-devel dependency on python
 is for the correct multilib arch (#555943)