diff --git a/components/engine/Dockerfile b/components/engine/Dockerfile
index 33e88dce26..8fd83c9f62 100644
--- a/components/engine/Dockerfile
+++ b/components/engine/Dockerfile
@@ -72,21 +72,21 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 	zip \
 	--no-install-recommends \
 	&& pip install awscli==1.10.15
-# Get lvm2 source for compiling statically
-ENV LVM2_VERSION 2.02.103
+
+# Get lvm2 sources to build statically linked devmapper library
+ENV LVM2_VERSION 2.02.173
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/lvm2 \
 	&& curl -fsSL "https://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/lvm2/LVM2.${LVM2_VERSION}.tgz" \
 		| tar -xzC /usr/local/lvm2 --strip-components=1
-# See https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/refs/tags for release tags
 
-# Compile and install lvm2
+# Compile and install (only the needed library)
 RUN cd /usr/local/lvm2 \
 	&& ./configure \
 		--build="$(gcc -print-multiarch)" \
 		--enable-static_link \
-	&& make device-mapper \
-	&& make install_device-mapper
-# See https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/tree/INSTALL
+		--enable-pkgconfig \
+	&& make -C include \
+	&& make -C libdm install_device-mapper
 
 # Install seccomp: the version shipped upstream is too old
 ENV SECCOMP_VERSION 2.3.2
diff --git a/components/engine/Dockerfile.aarch64 b/components/engine/Dockerfile.aarch64
index cabcda28bd..c17d698bfe 100644
--- a/components/engine/Dockerfile.aarch64
+++ b/components/engine/Dockerfile.aarch64
@@ -54,28 +54,20 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 	vim-common \
 	--no-install-recommends
 
-# Get lvm2 source for compiling statically
-ENV LVM2_VERSION 2.02.103
+# Get lvm2 sources to build statically linked devmapper library
+ENV LVM2_VERSION 2.02.173
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/lvm2 \
 	&& curl -fsSL "https://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/lvm2/LVM2.${LVM2_VERSION}.tgz" \
 		| tar -xzC /usr/local/lvm2 --strip-components=1
-# See https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/refs/tags for release tags
 
-# Fix platform enablement in lvm2 to support aarch64 properly
-RUN set -e \
-	&& for f in config.guess config.sub; do \
-		curl -fsSL -o "/usr/local/lvm2/autoconf/$f" "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=$f;hb=HEAD"; \
-	done
-# "arch.c:78:2: error: #error the arch code needs to know about your machine type"
-
-# Compile and install lvm2
+# Compile and install (only the needed library)
 RUN cd /usr/local/lvm2 \
 	&& ./configure \
 		--build="$(gcc -print-multiarch)" \
 		--enable-static_link \
-	&& make device-mapper \
-	&& make install_device-mapper
-# See https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/tree/INSTALL
+		--enable-pkgconfig \
+	&& make -C include \
+	&& make -C libdm install_device-mapper
 
 # Install seccomp: the version shipped upstream is too old
 ENV SECCOMP_VERSION 2.3.2
diff --git a/components/engine/Dockerfile.armhf b/components/engine/Dockerfile.armhf
index dd1f536191..8685ff8f67 100644
--- a/components/engine/Dockerfile.armhf
+++ b/components/engine/Dockerfile.armhf
@@ -53,21 +53,21 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 	--no-install-recommends \
 	&& pip install awscli==1.10.15
 
-# Get lvm2 source for compiling statically
-ENV LVM2_VERSION 2.02.103
+# Get lvm2 sources to build statically linked devmapper library
+ENV LVM2_VERSION 2.02.173
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/lvm2 \
 	&& curl -fsSL "https://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/lvm2/LVM2.${LVM2_VERSION}.tgz" \
 		| tar -xzC /usr/local/lvm2 --strip-components=1
-# See https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/refs/tags for release tags
 
-# Compile and install lvm2
+# Compile and install (only the needed library)
 RUN cd /usr/local/lvm2 \
 	&& ./configure \
 		--build="$(gcc -print-multiarch)" \
 		--enable-static_link \
-	&& make device-mapper \
-	&& make install_device-mapper
-# See https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/tree/INSTALL
+		--enable-pkgconfig \
+	&& make -C include \
+	&& make -C libdm install_device-mapper
+
 
 # Install Go
 # IMPORTANT: When updating this please note that stdlib archive/tar pkg is vendored
diff --git a/components/engine/Dockerfile.ppc64le b/components/engine/Dockerfile.ppc64le
index 43b84e4501..3441f3d30d 100644
--- a/components/engine/Dockerfile.ppc64le
+++ b/components/engine/Dockerfile.ppc64le
@@ -53,28 +53,20 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 	vim-common \
 	--no-install-recommends
 
-# Get lvm2 source for compiling statically
-ENV LVM2_VERSION 2.02.103
+# Get lvm2 sources to build statically linked devmapper library
+ENV LVM2_VERSION 2.02.173
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/lvm2 \
 	&& curl -fsSL "https://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/lvm2/LVM2.${LVM2_VERSION}.tgz" \
 		| tar -xzC /usr/local/lvm2 --strip-components=1
-# See https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/refs/tags for release tags
 
-# Fix platform enablement in lvm2 to support ppc64le properly
-RUN set -e \
-	&& for f in config.guess config.sub; do \
-		curl -fsSL -o "/usr/local/lvm2/autoconf/$f" "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=$f;hb=HEAD"; \
-	done
-# "arch.c:78:2: error: #error the arch code needs to know about your machine type"
-
-# Compile and install lvm2
+# Compile and install (only the needed library)
 RUN cd /usr/local/lvm2 \
 	&& ./configure \
 		--build="$(gcc -print-multiarch)" \
 		--enable-static_link \
-	&& make device-mapper \
-	&& make install_device-mapper
-# See https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/tree/INSTALL
+		--enable-pkgconfig \
+	&& make -C include \
+	&& make -C libdm install_device-mapper
 
 # Install seccomp: the version shipped upstream is too old
 ENV SECCOMP_VERSION 2.3.2
diff --git a/components/engine/Dockerfile.s390x b/components/engine/Dockerfile.s390x
index 35ec683739..e43783f2d2 100644
--- a/components/engine/Dockerfile.s390x
+++ b/components/engine/Dockerfile.s390x
@@ -64,28 +64,20 @@ RUN set -x \
 	) \
 	&& rm -rf "$SECCOMP_PATH"
 
-# Get lvm2 source for compiling statically
-ENV LVM2_VERSION 2.02.103
+# Get lvm2 sources to build statically linked devmapper library
+ENV LVM2_VERSION 2.02.173
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/lvm2 \
 	&& curl -fsSL "https://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/lvm2/LVM2.${LVM2_VERSION}.tgz" \
 		| tar -xzC /usr/local/lvm2 --strip-components=1
-# See https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/refs/tags for release tags
 
-# Fix platform enablement in lvm2 to support s390x properly
-RUN set -e \
-	&& for f in config.guess config.sub; do \
-		curl -fsSL -o "/usr/local/lvm2/autoconf/$f" "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=$f;hb=HEAD"; \
-	done
-# "arch.c:78:2: error: #error the arch code needs to know about your machine type"
-
-# Compile and install lvm2
+# Compile and install (only the needed library)
 RUN cd /usr/local/lvm2 \
 	&& ./configure \
 		--build="$(gcc -print-multiarch)" \
 		--enable-static_link \
-	&& make device-mapper \
-	&& make install_device-mapper
-# See https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/tree/INSTALL
+		--enable-pkgconfig \
+	&& make -C include \
+	&& make -C libdm install_device-mapper
 
 # IMPORTANT: When updating this please note that stdlib archive/tar pkg is vendored
 ENV GO_VERSION 1.8.3
diff --git a/components/engine/hack/make.sh b/components/engine/hack/make.sh
index e625b863de..07c26ebcf5 100755
--- a/components/engine/hack/make.sh
+++ b/components/engine/hack/make.sh
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ fi
 # functionality.
 if \
 	command -v gcc &> /dev/null \
-	&& ! ( echo -e  '#include <libdevmapper.h>\nint main() { dm_task_deferred_remove(NULL); }'| gcc -xc - -o /dev/null -ldevmapper &> /dev/null ) \
+	&& ! ( echo -e  '#include <libdevmapper.h>\nint main() { dm_task_deferred_remove(NULL); }'| gcc -xc - -o /dev/null $(pkg-config --libs devmapper) &> /dev/null ) \
 ; then
 	DOCKER_BUILDTAGS+=' libdm_no_deferred_remove'
 fi
diff --git a/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper.go b/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper.go
index da3b43f796..64e82dfd04 100644
--- a/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper.go
+++ b/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 package devicemapper
 
 /*
-#cgo LDFLAGS: -L. -ldevmapper
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <libdevmapper.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>   // FIXME: present only for BLKGETSIZE64, maybe we can remove it?
diff --git a/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper_deferred_remove.go b/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper_deferred_remove.go
index 7e231ddcb8..7f793c2708 100644
--- a/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper_deferred_remove.go
+++ b/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper_deferred_remove.go
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 
 package devicemapper
 
-/*
-#cgo LDFLAGS: -L. -ldevmapper
-#include <libdevmapper.h>
-*/
+// #include <libdevmapper.h>
 import "C"
 
 // LibraryDeferredRemovalSupport tells if the feature is enabled in the build
diff --git a/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper_dynamic.go b/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper_dynamic.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d84508982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper_dynamic.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// +build linux,cgo,!static_build
+
+package devicemapper
+
+// #cgo pkg-config: devmapper
+import "C"
diff --git a/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper_static.go b/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper_static.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf7f26a4c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/engine/pkg/devicemapper/devmapper_wrapper_static.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// +build linux,cgo,static_build
+
+package devicemapper
+
+// #cgo pkg-config: --static devmapper
+import "C"