diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8027a187..5f5c7506 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
 core.*
 *.spec
 src/efivar
+src/efivar-static
 src/makeguids
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b2beb86..66985006 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ VERSION := 0.18
 
 all : $(SUBDIRS) efivar.spec
 
+efivar efivar-static :
+	$(MAKE) -C src TOPDIR=$(TOPDIR) SRCDIR=$(TOPDIR)/$@/ ARCH=$(ARCH) VERSION=$(VERSION) $@
+
 $(SUBDIRS) :
 	$(MAKE) -C $@ TOPDIR=$(TOPDIR) SRCDIR=$(TOPDIR)/$@/ ARCH=$(ARCH) VERSION=$(VERSION)
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 61613992..f8ac6bd0 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ efivar : efivar.o libefivar.so
 	$(CCLD) $(ccldflags) -L. -lefivar -o $@ $^ \
 		-lpopt $(foreach lib,$(EFIVAR_LIBS),-l$(lib))
 
+efivar-static : efivar.o libefivar.a
+	$(CCLD) $(ccldflags) -static -L. -o $@ $^ \
+		-lpopt $(foreach lib,$(EFIVAR_LIBS),-l$(lib))
+
 %.pc : %.pc.in
 	sed -e "s,@@VERSION@@,$(VERSION),g" \
 	    -e "s,@@LIBDIR@@,$(libdir),g" \