diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index da65de1..f7d7de6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ default = [
 ]
 jemalloc = ["rust-librocksdb-sys/jemalloc"]
 io-uring = ["rust-librocksdb-sys/io-uring"]
+io-uring-static = ["rust-librocksdb-sys/io-uring-static"]
 numa = ["rust-librocksdb-sys/numa"]
 valgrind = []
 snappy = ["rust-librocksdb-sys/snappy"]
diff --git a/librocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml b/librocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml
index 69f0463..c1ecafc 100644
--- a/librocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ bindgen-runtime = ["bindgen/runtime"]
 bindgen-static = ["bindgen/static"]
 mt_static = []
 io-uring = ["pkg-config"]
+io-uring-static = []
 numa = ["pkg-config"]
 snappy = []
 lz4 = ["lz4-sys"]
diff --git a/librocksdb-sys/build.rs b/librocksdb-sys/build.rs
index 708a087..fdab6d8 100644
--- a/librocksdb-sys/build.rs
+++ b/librocksdb-sys/build.rs
@@ -304,16 +304,22 @@ fn build_rocksdb() {
 
     #[cfg(feature = "io-uring")]
     if target.contains("linux") {
-        pkg_config::probe_library("liburing")
-            .expect("The io-uring feature was requested but the library is not available");
+        // probe_library() only looks for shared objects, so this is misleading when statically
+        // linking
+        if cfg!(not(feature = "io-uring-static")) {
+            pkg_config::probe_library("liburing")
+                .expect("The io-uring feature was requested but the library is not available");
+        }
+
         config.define("ROCKSDB_IOURING_PRESENT", Some("1"));
 
-        let mode = if cfg!(feature = "static") {
+        let mode = if cfg!(feature = "io-uring-static") {
             "=static"
         } else {
             ""
         };
-        if cfg!(feature = "static") {
+
+        if cfg!(feature = "io-uring-static") {
             // centos uses its /usr/lib64 search path but liburing.a is installed
             // by dnf oddly in /usr/lib unlike other installed archives.
             println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native=/usr/lib");