diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index fc4481ab3..8e4455cc1 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CHANGES IN FLTK 1.1.10
 
+	- Fixed static linking of image libraries (STR #1962)
 	- Fixed callback would not be called when shortcut was used with
           radio and toggle buttons in default FL_RELEASE mode.
 	- Fixed a problem with TrackMouseEvent() (Windows only) that would
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e229c096d..0b1000a9a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -481,8 +481,10 @@ AC_SUBST(AUDIOLIBS)
 dnl Check for image libraries...
 SAVELIBS="$LIBS"
 IMAGELIBS=""
+STATICIMAGELIBS=""
 
 AC_SUBST(IMAGELIBS)
+AC_SUBST(STATICIMAGELIBS)
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(localjpeg, [  --enable-localjpeg      use local JPEG library, default=auto],
     [if test x$enable_localjpeg = xyes; then
@@ -494,6 +496,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(jpeg,jpeg_CreateCompress,
     JPEGINC=""
     JPEG=""
     IMAGELIBS="-ljpeg $IMAGELIBS",
+    STATICIMAGELIBS="-ljpeg $STATICIMAGELIBS"
     if test x$enable_localjpeg = xno; then
 	JPEGINC=""
 	JPEG=""
@@ -502,6 +505,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(jpeg,jpeg_CreateCompress,
 	JPEGINC="-I../jpeg"
 	JPEG="jpeg"
 	IMAGELIBS="-lfltk_jpeg $IMAGELIBS"
+        STATICIMAGELIBS="\$libdir/libfltk_jpeg.a $STATICIMAGELIBS"
     fi)
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(localzlib, [  --enable-localzlib      use local ZLIB library, default=auto],
@@ -515,6 +519,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(z,gzgets,
     ZLIB=""
     LIBS="-lz $LIBS"
     IMAGELIBS="-lz $IMAGELIBS",
+    STATICIMAGELIBS="-lz $STATICIMAGELIBS"
     if test x$enable_localzlib = xno; then
 	ZLIBINC=""
 	ZLIB=""
@@ -524,6 +529,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(z,gzgets,
 	ZLIB="zlib"
 	LIBS="-lfltk_z $LIBS"
 	IMAGELIBS="-lfltk_z $IMAGELIBS"
+        STATICIMAGELIBS="\$libdir/libfltk_z.a $STATICIMAGELIBS"
     fi)
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(localpng, [  --enable-localpng       use local PNG library, default=auto],
@@ -535,6 +541,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(png,png_set_tRNS_to_alpha, [
     PNGINC=""
     PNG=""
     IMAGELIBS="-lpng $IMAGELIBS"
+    STATICIMAGELIBS="-lpng $STATICIMAGELIBS"
     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBPNG)
     AC_CHECK_HEADER(png.h, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PNG_H))],[
     if test x$enable_localpng = xno; then
@@ -546,6 +553,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(png,png_set_tRNS_to_alpha, [
         PNGINC="-I../png"
         PNG="png"
         IMAGELIBS="-lfltk_png $IMAGELIBS"
+        STATICIMAGELIBS="\$libdir/libfltk_png.a $STATICIMAGELIBS"
     fi])
 
 AC_SUBST(JPEG)
diff --git a/fltk-config.in b/fltk-config.in
index dcb971af2..5b86b33f9 100755
--- a/fltk-config.in
+++ b/fltk-config.in
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ LIBNAME="@LIBNAME@"
 DSONAME="@DSONAME@"
 DSOLINK="@DSOLINK@"
 IMAGELIBS="@IMAGELIBS@"
+STATICIMAGELIBS="@STATICIMAGELIBS@"
 SHAREDSUFFIX="@SHAREDSUFFIX@"
 
 usage ()
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ if test x$use_gl = xyes; then
 fi
 if test x$use_images = xyes; then
     LDLIBS="-lfltk_images$SHAREDSUFFIX $IMAGELIBS $LDLIBS"
-    LDSTATIC="$libdir/libfltk_images.a $IMAGELIBS $LDSTATIC"
+    LDSTATIC="$libdir/libfltk_images.a $STATICIMAGELIBS $LDSTATIC"
 fi
 
 LDLIBS="$DSOLINK $LDFLAGS $libs $LDLIBS"
diff --git a/test/menubar.cxx b/test/menubar.cxx
index 787c939b3..1555c3cc8 100644
--- a/test/menubar.cxx
+++ b/test/menubar.cxx
@@ -171,6 +171,41 @@ Fl_Menu_Item pulldown[] = {
 
 Fl_Menu_* menus[4];
 
+class MyWindow : public Fl_Window {
+public:
+  MyWindow(int w, int h, const char *l=0)
+  : Fl_Window(w, h, l) { }
+  int handle(int event) {
+    switch (event) {
+    case FL_ENTER:
+//	puts("ENTER"); break;
+    case FL_LEAVE:
+//	puts("LEAVE"); break;
+      break;
+    }
+//    printf("%d\n", event);
+    return Fl_Window::handle(event);
+  }
+};
+
+
+class MyButton : public Fl_Button {
+public:
+  MyButton(int x, int y,int w, int h, const char *l=0)
+  : Fl_Button(x, y, w, h, l) { }
+  int handle(int event) {
+    switch (event) {
+    case FL_ENTER:
+	puts("ENTER"); break;
+    case FL_LEAVE:
+	puts("LEAVE"); break;
+    }
+    printf("%d\n", event);
+    return Fl_Button::handle(event);
+  }
+};
+
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   //Fl::set_color(Fl_Color(15),0,0,128);
   for (int i=0; i<99; i++) {
@@ -178,11 +213,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     sprintf(buf,"item %d",i);
     hugemenu[i].text = strdup(buf);
   }
-  Fl_Window window(WIDTH,400);
+  MyWindow window(WIDTH,400);
   window.callback(window_cb);
   Fl_Menu_Bar menubar(0,0,WIDTH,30); menubar.menu(menutable);
   menubar.callback(test_cb);
   menus[0] = &menubar;
+  MyButton bb(100, 125, 120, 25, "Erwinn");
   Fl_Menu_Button mb1(100,100,120,25,"&menubutton"); mb1.menu(pulldown);
   mb1.tooltip("this is a menu button");
   mb1.callback(test_cb);