diff --git a/recipes/libs/expat/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/expat/recipe.toml
index c88685e4d..37f15adb0 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/expat/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/expat/recipe.toml
@@ -9,12 +9,8 @@ autotools_recursive_regenerate
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
-    --prefix="/usr"
-    --enable-shared
-    --enable-static
+DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     --without-docbook
     --without-examples
     --without-tests
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libffi/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libffi/recipe.toml
index 1cc1701e3..8851cfcea 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libffi/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libffi/recipe.toml
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ autotools_recursive_regenerate -I$(realpath ./m4)
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
-    --prefix="/usr"
-    --enable-shared
-    --enable-static
-)
+DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
 cookbook_configure
 """
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml
index 43db90f75..bce6869a8 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml
@@ -19,12 +19,8 @@ autotools_recursive_regenerate -I$(realpath ./m4) -I$(realpath ./srcm4)
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
-    --prefix="/usr"
-    --enable-shared
-    --enable-static
+DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     ac_cv_have_decl_program_invocation_name=no
 )
 cookbook_configure
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libpng/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libpng/recipe.toml
index d516a8571..cd413dafd 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libpng/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libpng/recipe.toml
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ autotools_recursive_regenerate
 template = "custom"
 dependencies = ["zlib"]
 script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
-    --prefix="/usr"
-    --enable-shared
-    --enable-static
-)
+DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
 cookbook_configure
 """
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libxml2/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libxml2/recipe.toml
index 4e4b936da..f37f42966 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libxml2/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libxml2/recipe.toml
@@ -13,12 +13,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "zlib"
 ]
 script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
-    --prefix="/usr"
-    --enable-shared
-    --enable-static
+DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     --without-python
 )
 cookbook_configure
diff --git a/recipes/libs/pcre/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/pcre/recipe.toml
index bf12da075..773c8f48c 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/pcre/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/pcre/recipe.toml
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ patches = [
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
-    --prefix="/usr"
-    --enable-shared
-    --enable-static
-)
+DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
 cookbook_configure
 """
diff --git a/recipes/libs/pcre2/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/pcre2/recipe.toml
index 176f992ce..09c4d86b0 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/pcre2/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/pcre2/recipe.toml
@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@ autotools_recursive_regenerate
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
-    --prefix="/usr"
-    --enable-shared
-    --enable-static
-)
+DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
 cookbook_configure
 """
diff --git a/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
index 865247ba4..626018c72 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
@@ -6,9 +6,20 @@ blake3 = "ec1abc6f672a7a6ee6f49ba544cc9529f73121b478310473be44fee22a140ebf"
 template = "custom"
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(--prefix="/usr")
+if [ "${COOKBOOK_DYNAMIC}" == "1" ]
+then
+    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(--shared)
+else
+    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(--static)
+fi
 # See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21396988/zlib-build-not-configuring-properly-with-cross-compiler-ignores-ar.
-CHOST="${TARGET}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" --prefix="/usr"
+env CHOST="${TARGET}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS[@]}"
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j "$(nproc)"
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
-patchelf --set-soname 'libz.so.1.3' "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/libz.so.1.3"
+solib="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/libz.so.1.3"
+if [ -e "${solib}" ]
+then
+    patchelf --set-soname 'libz.so.1.3' "${solib}"
+fi
 """
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/tools/gettext/recipe.toml b/recipes/tools/gettext/recipe.toml
index e30751579..276e4e83d 100644
--- a/recipes/tools/gettext/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tools/gettext/recipe.toml
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "libiconv"
 ]
 script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
+DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
-    --enable-static
-    --enable-shared
     ac_cv_have_decl_program_invocation_name=no
     gt_cv_locale_fr=false
     gt_cv_locale_fr_utf8=false
diff --git a/recipes/tools/xz/recipe.toml b/recipes/tools/xz/recipe.toml
index 339b5102a..51ca7e47b 100644
--- a/recipes/tools/xz/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tools/xz/recipe.toml
@@ -9,16 +9,12 @@ autotools_recursive_regenerate
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
-    --prefix="/usr"
+DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     --disable-lzmadec
     --disable-lzmainfo
     --disable-xz
     --disable-xzdec
-    --enable-shared=yes
-    --enable-static=yes
     --enable-threads=no
 )
 cookbook_configure
diff --git a/src/bin/cook.rs b/src/bin/cook.rs
index 7b3f291ab..365e7315e 100644
--- a/src/bin/cook.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cook.rs
@@ -203,29 +203,66 @@ fn serialize_and_write<T: Serialize>(file_path: &Path, content: &T) -> Result<()
 }
 
 static SHARED_PRESCRIPT: &str = r#"
+# Build dynamically
 function DYNAMIC_INIT {
-  COOKBOOK_AUTORECONF="autoreconf"
-  autotools_recursive_regenerate() {
-    for f in $(find . -name configure.ac -o -name configure.in -type f | sort); do
-      echo "* autotools regen in '$(dirname $f)'..."
-      ( cd "$(dirname "$f")" && "${COOKBOOK_AUTORECONF}" -fvi "$@" -I${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/share/aclocal )
-    done
-  }
+    COOKBOOK_AUTORECONF="autoreconf"
+    autotools_recursive_regenerate() {
+        for f in $(find . -name configure.ac -o -name configure.in -type f | sort); do
+            echo "* autotools regen in '$(dirname $f)'..."
+            ( cd "$(dirname "$f")" && "${COOKBOOK_AUTORECONF}" -fvi "$@" -I${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/share/aclocal )
+        done
+    }
 
-  echo "DEBUG: Program is being compiled dynamically."
+    if [ "${TARGET}" != "x86_64-unknown-redox" ]
+    then
+        echo "WARN: ${TARGET} does not support dynamic linking." >&2
+        return
+    fi
 
-  COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
-    --prefix="/usr"
-    --enable-shared
-    --disable-static
-  )
+    echo "DEBUG: Program is being compiled dynamically."
 
-  # TODO: check paths for spaces
-  export LDFLAGS="-L${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib"
-  export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link,${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib $LDFLAGS"
-  export RUSTFLAGS="-C target-feature=-crt-static"
-  export COOKBOOK_DYNAMIC=1
+    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
+        --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
+        --prefix="/usr"
+        --enable-shared
+        --disable-static
+    )
+
+    COOKBOOK_MESON_FLAGS=(
+        --buildtype release
+        --wrap-mode nofallback
+        --strip
+        -Ddefault_library=shared
+        -Dprefix=/usr
+    )
+
+    # TODO: check paths for spaces
+    export LDFLAGS="-L${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib"
+    export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link,${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib $LDFLAGS"
+    export RUSTFLAGS="-C target-feature=-crt-static"
+    export COOKBOOK_DYNAMIC=1
+}
+
+# Build both dynamically and statically
+function DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT {
+    DYNAMIC_INIT
+    if [ "${COOKBOOK_DYNAMIC}" == "1" ]
+    then
+        COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
+            --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
+            --prefix="/usr"
+            --enable-shared
+            --enable-static
+        )
+
+        COOKBOOK_MESON_FLAGS=(
+            --buildtype release
+            --wrap-mode nofallback
+            --strip
+            -Ddefault_library=both
+            -Dprefix=/usr
+        )
+    fi
 }
 
 function GNU_CONFIG_GET {
@@ -938,6 +975,7 @@ COOKBOOK_MESON_FLAGS=(
     --buildtype release
     --wrap-mode nofallback
     --strip
+    -Ddefault_library=static
     -Dprefix=/usr
 )
 function cookbook_meson {