ppp_mppe does not load on static kernel

On the 2.4.21-144 kernel on SuSE 9.0, the ppp_mppe module will not load if it is statically compiled into the kernel. It loads fine if compiled as a module. I need to get this working for running my poptop server in a UML running in jail mode, since jail mode requires a static kernel w/o modules. The current mppe patch seems to be updated to statically link, but not the version in the SuSE kernel. Are there any patches for the SuSE kernel available to fix this? Thank you, Chip Schweiss