diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index edc57094b..b89c821cc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
+OPTION(EQEMU_BUILD_STATIC "Build with static linking" OFF)
+
+IF (EQEMU_BUILD_STATIC)
+	SET(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
+	SET(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".lib" ".a")
+	MESSAGE(STATUS "Building with static linking")
+	SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++")
+ENDIF(EQEMU_BUILD_STATIC)
+
 IF(MSVC)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DNOMINMAX)
@@ -307,6 +316,10 @@ ELSE()
 	SET(ZLIB_LIBRARY_INCLUDE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs/zlibng")
 ENDIF()
 
+IF (EQEMU_BUILD_STATIC)
+	SET(ZLIB_LIBRARY_LIBS libz.a)
+ENDIF(EQEMU_BUILD_STATIC)
+
 MESSAGE(STATUS "")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "**************************************************")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "* Library Usage                                  *")