diff --git a/.github/workflows/ccpp.yml b/.github/workflows/ccpp.yml
index 09d5f070314..077b3cf99f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ccpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ccpp.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
         CUDA_PATH: "/usr/local/cuda"
         CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR: "/usr/local/cuda"
         LD_LIBRARY_PATH: "/usr/local/cuda/lib64:/usr/local/cuda/lib64/stubs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-      run: ./build.ps1 -UseVCPKG -EnableOPENCV -EnableCUDA
+      run: ./build.ps1 -UseVCPKG -EnableOPENCV -EnableCUDA -ForceStaticLib
 
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: 'Build'
       shell: pwsh
-      run: ./build.ps1 -UseVCPKG -EnableOPENCV
+      run: ./build.ps1 -UseVCPKG
 
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5bf7c0faf6b..02b729aef5c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ You can get cfg-files by path: `darknet/cfg/`
 ### Requirements
 
 * **CMake >= 3.18**: https://cmake.org/download/
+* **Powershell**: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell
 * **CUDA >= 10.2**: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit-archive (on Linux do [Post-installation Actions](https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html#post-installation-actions))
 * **OpenCV >= 2.4**: use your preferred package manager (brew, apt), build from source using [vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) or download from [OpenCV official site](https://opencv.org/releases.html) (on Windows set system variable `OpenCV_DIR` = `C:\opencv\build` - where are the `include` and `x64` folders [image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4096485/53249516-5130f480-36c9-11e9-8238-a6e82e48c6f2.png))
 * **cuDNN >= 8.0.2** https://developer.nvidia.com/rdp/cudnn-archive (on **Linux** copy `cudnn.h`,`libcudnn.so`... as desribed here https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/sdk/cudnn-install/index.html#installlinux-tar , on **Windows** copy `cudnn.h`,`cudnn64_7.dll`, `cudnn64_7.lib` as desribed here https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/sdk/cudnn-install/index.html#installwindows )
diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index bb953622e7b..7a38d0d250d 100755
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ param (
   [switch]$UseVCPKG = $false,
   [switch]$DoNotSetupVS = $false,
   [switch]$DoNotUseNinja = $false,
-  [switch]$ForceCPP = $false
+  [switch]$ForceCPP = $false,
+  [switch]$ForceStaticLib = $false,
+  [switch]$ForceGCC8 = $false
 )
 
 $number_of_build_workers = 8
@@ -18,6 +20,17 @@ if (-Not $IsWindows) {
   $DoNotSetupVS = $true
 }
 
+if ($ForceStaticLib) {
+  Write-Host "Forced CMake to produce a static library"
+  $additional_build_setup = " -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF "
+}
+
+if ($IsLinux -and $ForceGCC8) {
+  Write-Host "Manually setting CC and CXX variables to gcc-8 and g++-8"
+  $env:CC = "gcc-8"
+  $env:CXX = "g++-8"
+}
+
 if ($IsWindows -and -Not $env:VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET) {
   $env:VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET = "x64-windows"
 }