Creating static binaries with autotools

Hi guys, Does someone know how can I create static binaries using autotools? I have a program that uses several dynamic libraries and I want to distribute it as a single static binary. Everytime I want to distribute it, I do a make (the Makefile is generated from configure), then I delete the binary, and do the last linking step myself, using the static flag. This is quite boring. Does someone know a way to create a 'make static'? Thanks in advance, Davi de Castro Reis