diff --git a/binaries/binaries.go b/binaries/binaries.go
index edba1b2d..0e2e1ac3 100644
--- a/binaries/binaries.go
+++ b/binaries/binaries.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func GetEnginePath(dir, engine, binaryName string) string {
 }
 
 func DownloadEngine(name string, toDir string) (file string, err error) {
-	binaryName := platform.BinaryPlatformName()
+	binaryName := platform.BinaryPlatformNameDynamic()
 
 	logger.Debug.Printf("checking %s...", name)
 
diff --git a/binaries/platform/platform.go b/binaries/platform/platform.go
index 2600ea47..3046c5d2 100644
--- a/binaries/platform/platform.go
+++ b/binaries/platform/platform.go
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import (
 
 var binaryNameWithSSLCache string
 
-// BinaryPlatformName returns the name of the prisma binary which should be used,
-// for example "darwin" or "linux-openssl-1.1.x"
-func BinaryPlatformName() string {
+// BinaryPlatformNameDynamic returns the name of the prisma binary which should be used,
+// for example "darwin" or "linux-openssl-1.1.x". This can include dynamically linked binaries.
+func BinaryPlatformNameDynamic() string {
 	if binaryNameWithSSLCache != "" {
 		return binaryNameWithSSLCache
 	}
@@ -47,6 +47,25 @@ func BinaryPlatformName() string {
 	return name
 }
 
+// BinaryPlatformNameStatic returns the name of the prisma binary which should be used,
+// for example "darwin" or "linux-static-x64". This only includes statically linked binaries.
+func BinaryPlatformNameStatic() string {
+	platform := Name()
+	arch := Arch()
+
+	// other supported platforms are darwin and windows
+	if platform != "linux" {
+		// special case for darwin arm64
+		if platform == "darwin" && arch == "arm64" {
+			return "darwin-arm64"
+		}
+		// otherwise, return `darwin` or `windows`
+		return platform
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("linux-static-%s", arch)
+}
+
 // Name returns the platform name
 func Name() string {
 	return runtime.GOOS
diff --git a/cli/cli.go b/cli/cli.go
index 4ea17f47..a156faf8 100644
--- a/cli/cli.go
+++ b/cli/cli.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func Run(arguments []string, output bool) error {
 	logger.Debug.Printf("running %s %+v", path.Join(dir, prisma), arguments)
 
 	cmd := exec.Command(path.Join(dir, prisma), arguments...) //nolint:gosec
-	binaryName := platform.CheckForExtension(platform.Name(), platform.BinaryPlatformName())
+	binaryName := platform.CheckForExtension(platform.Name(), platform.BinaryPlatformNameDynamic())
 
 	cmd.Env = os.Environ()
 	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "PRISMA_HIDE_UPDATE_MESSAGE=true")
diff --git a/engine/lifecycle.go b/engine/lifecycle.go
index 739c99a4..f2131786 100644
--- a/engine/lifecycle.go
+++ b/engine/lifecycle.go
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ func (e *QueryEngine) ensure() (string, error) {
 
 	binariesPath := binaries.GlobalUnpackDir(binaries.EngineVersion)
 	// check for darwin/windows/linux first
-	binaryName := platform.CheckForExtension(platform.Name(), platform.Name())
-	exactBinaryName := platform.CheckForExtension(platform.Name(), platform.BinaryPlatformName())
+	binaryName := platform.CheckForExtension(platform.Name(), platform.BinaryPlatformNameStatic())
+	exactBinaryName := platform.CheckForExtension(platform.Name(), platform.BinaryPlatformNameDynamic())
 
 	var file string
 	// forceVersion saves whether a version check should be done, which should be disabled
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (e *QueryEngine) ensure() (string, error) {
 		file = prismaQueryEngineBinary
 		forceVersion = false
 	} else if qe := os.Getenv(unpack.FileEnv); qe != "" {
-		logger.Debug.Printf("using PRISMA_INTERNAL_QUERY_ENGINE_DIR %s", qe)
+		logger.Debug.Printf("using unpacked file env %s %s", unpack.FileEnv, qe)
 		file = qe
 	} else {
 		if info, err := os.Stat(localExactPath); err == nil {
diff --git a/generator/run.go b/generator/run.go
index a4bf8108..8fc7eed5 100644
--- a/generator/run.go
+++ b/generator/run.go
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func generateBinaries(input *Root) error {
 	// TODO refactor
 	for _, name := range targets {
 		if name == "native" {
-			name = platform.BinaryPlatformName()
+			name = platform.BinaryPlatformNameDynamic()
 		}
 
 		// first, ensure they are actually downloaded
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func generateQueryEngineFiles(binaryTargets []string, pkg, outputDir string) err
 		}
 
 		if name == "native" {
-			name = platform.BinaryPlatformName()
+			name = platform.BinaryPlatformNameDynamic()
 		}
 
 		enginePath := binaries.GetEnginePath(binaries.GlobalCacheDir(), "query-engine", name)