diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 46b49fff5..7184a918a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ build-js:
 build-go:
 	rm -f $(BINARY_NAME)
 	scripts/build.sh debug $(BINARY_NAME)
+build-static:
+	rm -f $(BINARY_NAME)
+	scripts/build.sh static $(BINARY_NAME)
 watch-js:
 	(cd frontend &&	env NODE_ENV=development npm run watch)
 test-js:
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 3ddd26007..62b9d252c 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ if [[ $1 == "debug" ]]; then
 	go build -ldflags "-X main.version=${PHOTOPRISM_DATE}-${PHOTOPRISM_VERSION}-${PHOTOPRISM_OS}-${PHOTOPRISM_ARCH}-DEBUG" -o $2 cmd/photoprism/photoprism.go
 	du -h $2
 	echo "Done."
+elif [[ $1 == "static" ]]; then
+  echo "Building static production binary..."
+	go build -a -v -ldflags "-linkmode external -extldflags \"-static -L /usr/local/lib\" -s -w -X main.version=${PHOTOPRISM_DATE}-${PHOTOPRISM_VERSION}-${PHOTOPRISM_OS}-${PHOTOPRISM_ARCH}" -o $2 cmd/photoprism/photoprism.go
+	du -h $2
+	echo "Done."
 else
-    echo "Building production binary..."
+  echo "Building production binary..."
 	go build -ldflags "-s -w -X main.version=${PHOTOPRISM_DATE}-${PHOTOPRISM_VERSION}-${PHOTOPRISM_OS}-${PHOTOPRISM_ARCH}" -o $2 cmd/photoprism/photoprism.go
 	du -h $2
 	echo "Done."
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi