diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de8e66b..28e09b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /ethercat
+/ethercat-static
diff --git a/build-static.sh b/build-static.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..659751f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-static.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -v
+rm ethercat-static
+gcc -Wall -Wextra -fPIE -pie -static -static-libgcc ethercat.c -o ethercat-static