diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 270ef5131..b757b7016 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ add_executable(ProofOfSpace
     ${BLAKE3_SRC}
 )
 
+option(BUILD_PROOF_OF_SPACE_STATICALLY "Build ProofOfSpace target statically" OFF)
+IF (BUILD_PROOF_OF_SPACE_STATICALLY)
+  message("Statically build ProofOfSpace")
+  target_link_libraries(ProofOfSpace -static -Wl,--whole-archive -lrt -lpthread -Wl,--no-whole-archive)
+ENDIF()
+
 add_executable(RunTests
     tests/test-main.cpp
     tests/test.cpp
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1d6e76b2d..064a7a3eb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 FROM ubuntu:20.04 as builder
 
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ARG BUILD_PROOF_OF_SPACE_STATICALLY=OFF
 
 RUN apt-get update -y
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ COPY . .
 RUN mkdir -p build
 
 WORKDIR /app/build
-RUN cmake ../
+RUN cmake -DBUILD_PROOF_OF_SPACE_STATICALLY=${BUILD_PROOF_OF_SPACE_STATICALLY} ../
 RUN cmake --build . -- -j `nproc`
 
 
@@ -29,4 +30,3 @@ FROM ubuntu:20.04
 COPY --from=builder /app/build /app
 
 CMD ["/app/ProofOfSpace"]
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87ff9570b..e031362d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ cmake ../
 cmake --build . -- -j 6
 ```
 
+## Static Compilation With glibc
+### Statically compile ProofOfSpace
+```bash
+mkdir -p build && cd build
+cmake -DBUILD_PROOF_OF_SPACE_STATICALLY=ON ../
+cmake --build . -- -j 6
+```
+
 ### Run tests
 
 ```bash