diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 886c754af..16227dc4e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ add_library(libhl SHARED
     ${std_srcs}
 )
 
+add_library(libhl-static STATIC
+    ${pcre_srcs}
+    src/gc.c
+    ${std_srcs}
+)
+
 set(public_headers
     src/hl.h
     src/hlc.h
@@ -146,16 +152,29 @@ set_target_properties(libhl
     PUBLIC_HEADER "${public_headers}"
 )
 
+set_target_properties(libhl-static
+    PROPERTIES
+    PUBLIC_HEADER "${public_headers}"
+)
+
 if(WIN32)
     set_target_properties(libhl
         PROPERTIES
         OUTPUT_NAME libhl
     )
+    set_target_properties(libhl-static
+        PROPERTIES
+        OUTPUT_NAME libhl-static
+    )
 else()
     set_target_properties(libhl
         PROPERTIES
         OUTPUT_NAME hl
     )
+    set_target_properties(libhl-static
+        PROPERTIES
+        OUTPUT_NAME hl
+    )
 endif()
 
 set_target_properties(libhl
@@ -165,6 +184,11 @@ set_target_properties(libhl
     COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "_USRDLL;LIBHL_EXPORTS;HAVE_CONFIG_H;PCRE2_CODE_UNIT_WIDTH=16"
 )
 
+set_target_properties(libhl-static
+    PROPERTIES
+    COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "_USRDLL;LIBHL_EXPORTS;HAVE_CONFIG_H;PCRE2_CODE_UNIT_WIDTH=16"
+)
+
 add_executable(hl
     src/code.c
     src/jit.c
@@ -355,6 +379,7 @@ install(
     TARGETS
         hl
         libhl
+        libhl-static
     RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
     ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1f7209853..37659649b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ ifdef DEBUG
 CFLAGS += -g
 endif
 
-all: libhl hl libs
+all: libhl hl libs libhl.a
 
 install:
 	$(UNAME)==Darwin && ${MAKE} uninstall
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ sqlite: ${SQLITE} libhl
 mesa:
 	(cd libs/mesa && ${MAKE})
 
+libhl.a: ${LIB} ${FMT} ${SDL} ${SSL} ${OPENAL} ${UI} ${UV} ${MYSQL}
+	ar rcs $@ $^
+
 release: release_prepare release_$(RELEASE_NAME)
 
 release_haxelib:
@@ -290,10 +293,13 @@ codesign_osx:
 .c.o :
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o $@ -c $<
 
+clean_a:
+	rm -f libhl.a
+
 clean_o:
 	rm -f ${STD} ${BOOT} ${RUNTIME} ${PCRE} ${HL} ${FMT} ${SDL} ${SSL} ${OPENAL} ${UI} ${UV} ${MYSQL} ${SQLITE} ${HL_DEBUG}
 
-clean: clean_o
+clean: clean_o clean_a
 	rm -f hl hl.exe libhl.$(LIBEXT) *.hdll
 
 .PHONY: libhl hl hlc fmt sdl libs release