diff -Nru systemd-252.5/debian/changelog systemd-252.5/debian/changelog
--- systemd-252.5/debian/changelog	2023-03-08 11:51:51.000000000 -0600
+++ systemd-252.5/debian/changelog	2023-03-21 10:47:44.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+systemd (252.5-2ubuntu3~ppa1) lunar; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/rules: enable static build
+  * d/libsystemd-dev.install: include libsystemd.a
+
+ -- Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:47:44 -0500
+
 systemd (252.5-2ubuntu2) lunar; urgency=medium
 
   * network/dhcp4: accept local subnet routes from DHCP (LP: #2004478)
diff -Nru systemd-252.5/debian/libsystemd-dev.install systemd-252.5/debian/libsystemd-dev.install
--- systemd-252.5/debian/libsystemd-dev.install	2023-03-08 11:51:51.000000000 -0600
+++ systemd-252.5/debian/libsystemd-dev.install	2023-03-21 10:47:44.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 usr/include/systemd/
 usr/lib/*/libsystemd.so
+usr/lib/*/libsystemd.a
 usr/lib/*/pkgconfig/libsystemd.pc
diff -Nru systemd-252.5/debian/rules systemd-252.5/debian/rules
--- systemd-252.5/debian/rules	2023-03-08 11:51:51.000000000 -0600
+++ systemd-252.5/debian/rules	2023-03-21 10:47:44.000000000 -0500
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 CONFFLAGS = \
 	-Db_lto=true \
 	-Db_pie=true \
+	-Dstatic-libsystemd=true \
 	-Dmode=release \
 	-Drootlibdir=/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) \
 	-Dsplit-usr=true \