diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3bf23d6e..b4b67b9e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,19 @@ FINIT_FIFO ?= /dev/initctl
 FINIT_CONF ?= $(sysconfdir)/finit.conf
 FINIT_RCSD ?= $(sysconfdir)/finit.d
 
+# Some people may want to build Finit with statically linked libraries
+# invocation: make STATIC=1
+ifeq ($(STATIC), 1)
+LDFLAGS    += -static
+CPPFLAGS   += -DPLUGINS_STATIC
+PLUGINS     = ""
+SRCS       += $(wjldcard plugins/*.c)
+OBJS       := $(SRCS:.c=.o)
+else
+LDFLAGS    += -rdynamic
+LDLIBS     += -ldl
+endif
+
 CFLAGS     += -W -Wall -Werror -Os
 # Disable annoying gcc warning for "warn_unused_result", see GIT 37af997
 CPPFLAGS   += -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
@@ -64,12 +77,12 @@ CPPFLAGS   += -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CPPFLAGS   += -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" -DWHOAMI=\"`whoami`@`hostname`\"
 CPPFLAGS   += -DFINIT_FIFO=\"$(FINIT_FIFO)\" -DFINIT_CONF=\"$(FINIT_CONF)\"
 CPPFLAGS   += -DFINIT_RCSD=\"$(FINIT_RCSD)\" -DPLUGIN_PATH=\"$(plugindir)\"
-LDFLAGS    += -rdynamic -L$(TOPDIR)/libite
-DEPLIBS     = libite/libite.so libuev/libuev.a
-LDLIBS     += -ldl -lite
+LDFLAGS    += -L$(TOPDIR)/libite -L$(TOPDIR)/libuev
+DEPLIBS     = libite/libite.a libuev/libuev.a
+LDLIBS     += -lite -luev
 
 include common.mk
-export libdir plugindir incdir ROOTDIR CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS LDLIBS
+export libdir plugindir incdir ROOTDIR CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS LDLIBS STATIC
 
 all: $(DEPLIBS) $(EXEC)
 	+$(MAKE) -C plugins $@
@@ -78,9 +91,9 @@ $(DEPLIBS): Makefile
 	+$(MAKE) -C libite all
 	+$(MAKE) -C libuev all
 
-$(OBJS): Makefile
+$(OBJS): Makefile $(DEPLIBS)
 
-finit: $(OBJS) $(DEPLIBS)
+finit: $(OBJS)
 
 reboot: reboot.o $(DEPLIBS)
 
diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 06bfbb2b..f5cea04c 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ MAKEFLAGS   = --no-print-directory --silent
 CHECK      := cppcheck $(CPPFLAGS) --quiet --enable=all
 INSTALL    := install --backup=off
 STRIPINST  := $(INSTALL) -s --strip-program=$(CROSS)strip -m 0755
+ARFLAGS    := crus
 
 # Smart autodependecy generation via GCC -M.
 .%.d: %.c
diff --git a/libite/Makefile b/libite/Makefile
index 3c015dba..982c9644 100644
--- a/libite/Makefile
+++ b/libite/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 
 include  ../common.mk
 
+ifneq ($(STATIC), 1)
 CFLAGS     += -fPIC
+endif
 HEADERS     = lite.h
 OBJS       := copyfile.o dir.o fexist.o fisdir.o fmode.o rsync.o
 OBJS       += strlcpy.o strlcat.o strtonum.o
@@ -33,9 +35,14 @@ DEPS       := $(addprefix ., $(OBJS:.o=.d))
 
 VER         = 0
 LIBNAME     = libite
-TARGET      = $(LIBNAME).so
-VERLIB      = $(TARGET).$(VER)
+SOLIB       = $(LIBNAME).so.$(VER)
+SYMLIB      = $(LIBNAME).so
 STATICLIB   = $(LIBNAME).a
+ifeq ($(STATIC), 1)
+TARGET      = $(STATICLIB)
+else
+TARGET      = $(STATICLIB) $(SOLIB)
+endif
 
 CHECK_FLAGS = $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
 
@@ -43,17 +50,20 @@ all: $(TARGET)
 
 $(OBJS): Makefile
 
-$(TARGET): $(OBJS)
+$(SOLIB): $(OBJS)
 	@printf "  LINK    %s\n" $@
-#	@$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(STATICLIB) $(OBJS)
 	@$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -lrt -lcrypt -Wl,-soname,$@ -o $@
-	@ln -sf $@ $(VERLIB)
+
+$(STATICLIB): Makefile $(OBJS)
+	@printf "  ARCHIVE $@\n"
+	@$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(OBJS)
 
 install-exec: all
 	@install -d $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
-	@echo "  INSTALL $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(TARGET)"
-	@$(STRIPINST) $(TARGET) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(TARGET)
-	@ln -sf $(TARGET) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(VERLIB)
+	@printf "  INSTALL $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(SOLIB)\n"
+	@$(STRIPINST)  $(SOLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(SOLIB)
+	@$(STRIPINST)  $(STATICLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(STATICLIB)
+	@ln -sf $(SOLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(SYMLIB)
 
 install-dev:
 	@for file in $(HEADERS); do	                                \
@@ -61,11 +71,15 @@ install-dev:
 		$(INSTALL) -m 0644 $$file $(DESTDIR)$(incdir)/$$file;	\
 	done
 
-install: install-dev install-exec
+install: install-exec install-dev
 
 uninstall:
-	-@$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(VERLIB)
-	-@$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(SOLIB)
+	-@$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(SYMLIB)
+	-@$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(STATICLIB)
+	-@for file in $(HEADERS); do			\
+		$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(incdir)/$$file;	\
+	done
 
 clean: uninstall
 	-@$(RM) $(OBJS) $(DEPS) $(TARGET) $(VERLIB) $(STATICLIB)
diff --git a/plugin.c b/plugin.c
index faa7e07a..df22581d 100644
--- a/plugin.c
+++ b/plugin.c
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
 static char *plugpath = NULL; /* Set by first load. */
 static TAILQ_HEAD(plugin_head, plugin) plugins  = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(plugins);
 
+#ifndef PLUGINS_STATIC
 static void check_plugin_depends(plugin_t *plugin);
+#endif
 
 int plugin_register(plugin_t *plugin)
 {
@@ -50,12 +52,16 @@ int plugin_register(plugin_t *plugin)
 
 	/* Setup default name if none is provided */
 	if (!plugin->name) {
+#ifndef PLUGINS_STATIC
 		Dl_info info;
 
 		if (!dladdr(plugin, &info) || !info.dli_fname)
 			plugin->name = "unknown";
 		else
 			plugin->name = (char *)info.dli_fname;
+#else
+			plugin->name = "unknown";
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/* Already registered? */
@@ -64,8 +70,10 @@ int plugin_register(plugin_t *plugin)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+#ifndef PLUGINS_STATIC
 	/* Resolve plugin dependencies */
 	check_plugin_depends(plugin);
+#endif
 
 	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&plugins, plugin, link);
 
@@ -75,6 +83,7 @@ int plugin_register(plugin_t *plugin)
 /* Not called, at the moment plugins cannot be unloaded. */
 int plugin_unregister(plugin_t *plugin)
 {
+#ifndef PLUGINS_STATIC
 	TAILQ_REMOVE(&plugins, plugin, link);
 
 	if (plugin->svc.cb) {
@@ -92,6 +101,9 @@ int plugin_unregister(plugin_t *plugin)
 		_e("Failed unloading %s ...", plugin->name);
 		return 1;
 	}
+#else
+	_d("Finit built statically, cannot unload %s ...", plugin->name);
+#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -191,7 +203,7 @@ static void init_plugins(uev_ctx_t *ctx)
 	}
 }
 
-
+#ifndef PLUGINS_STATIC
 /**
  * load_one - Load one plugin
  * @path: Path to finit plugins, usually %PLUGIN_PATH
@@ -270,10 +282,12 @@ static void check_plugin_depends(plugin_t *plugin)
 		load_one(plugpath, plugin->depends[i]);
 	}
 }
+#endif	/* PLUGINS_STATIC */
 
 int plugin_load_all(uev_ctx_t *ctx, char *path)
 {
 	int fail = 0;
+#ifndef PLUGINS_STATIC
 	DIR *dp = opendir(path);
 	struct dirent *entry;
 
@@ -295,6 +309,11 @@ int plugin_load_all(uev_ctx_t *ctx, char *path)
 	}
 
 	closedir(dp);
+#else
+	_d("Finit built statically, not loading plugins from %s ...", path);
+#endif	/* PLUGINS_STATIC */
+
+	/* Always initialize plugins */
 	init_plugins(ctx);
 
 	return fail;
diff --git a/plugins/Makefile b/plugins/Makefile
index 9f5294b4..4f24dee5 100644
--- a/plugins/Makefile
+++ b/plugins/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-# Plugin based services architecture for finit -*-Makefile-*-
+# Plugin based services architecture for finit
 CFLAGS     += -fPIC -Os
 CPPFLAGS   += -I..
 LDFLAGS    := $(filter-out -rdynamic, $(LDFLAGS))
 LDFLAGS    += -shared
+ifneq ($(STATIC), 1)
 PLUGINS    ?= initctl.so alsa-utils.so bootmisc.so dbus.so hwclock.so \
 	      resolvconf.so urandom.so x11-common.so tty.so time.so
 DEPS        = $(addprefix .,$(PLUGINS:.so=.d))
+endif
 TOPDIR     ?= $(shell pwd)
 
 include ../common.mk