diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b32263b959..3d2a71cadf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Tue Apr 19 00:01:08 2005  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+Tue Apr 19 08:38:07 2005  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* eval.c (search_required, rb_require_safe): expand path in
 	  rb_features.  [ruby-dev:26079]
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Tue Apr 19 00:01:08 2005  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ext/extmk.rb: expand path for ext/**/extconf.rb.
 
+	* eval.c (search_required): handle static linked extensions.
+
 Mon Apr 18 15:37:35 2005  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* eval.c (rb_attr): attribute name check added.
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index b3cc629c27..73f04ce868 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -6916,6 +6916,9 @@ search_required(fname, path)
 	    }
 	}
     }
+    else if (!strchr(ftptr, '/')) {
+	if (rb_feature_p(ftptr, 0, Qfalse)) return 's';
+    }
     tmp = fname;
     type = rb_find_file_ext(&tmp, loadable_ext);
     tmp = rb_file_expand_path(tmp, Qnil);