diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_blocks_output_buffer.h b/Include/internal/pycore_blocks_output_buffer.h
index 22546e9a32a..28cf6fba4ee 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_blocks_output_buffer.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_blocks_output_buffer.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static const char unable_allocate_msg[] = "Unable to allocate output buffer.";
 /* Block size sequence */
 #define KB (1024)
 #define MB (1024*1024)
-const Py_ssize_t BUFFER_BLOCK_SIZE[] =
+static const Py_ssize_t BUFFER_BLOCK_SIZE[] =
     { 32*KB, 64*KB, 256*KB, 1*MB, 4*MB, 8*MB, 16*MB, 16*MB,
       32*MB, 32*MB, 32*MB, 32*MB, 64*MB, 64*MB, 128*MB, 128*MB,
       OUTPUT_BUFFER_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE };
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-06-20-07-14-46.bpo-44458.myqCQ0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-06-20-07-14-46.bpo-44458.myqCQ0.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f15104b75e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-06-20-07-14-46.bpo-44458.myqCQ0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+``BUFFER_BLOCK_SIZE`` is now declared static, to avoid linking collisions when bz2, lmza or zlib are statically linked.
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