diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 949d79864a..14f8dc61c0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -71,6 +71,22 @@ ${PREFIX}/bin/notary-signer: NOTARY_VERSION $(shell find . -type f -name '*.go')
 	@echo "+ $@"
 	@godep go build -tags ${NOTARY_BUILDTAGS} -o $@ ${GO_LDFLAGS} ./cmd/notary-signer
 
+ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
+${PREFIX}/bin/static/notary-server:
+	@echo "notary-server: static builds not supported on OS X"
+
+${PREFIX}/bin/static/notary-signer:
+	@echo "notary-signer: static builds not supported on OS X"
+else
+${PREFIX}/bin/static/notary-server: NOTARY_VERSION $(shell find . -type f -name '*.go')
+	@echo "+ $@"
+	@godep go build -tags ${NOTARY_BUILDTAGS} -o $@ ${GO_LDFLAGS_STATIC} ./cmd/notary-server
+
+${PREFIX}/bin/static/notary-signer: NOTARY_VERSION $(shell find . -type f -name '*.go')
+	@echo "+ $@"
+	@godep go build -tags ${NOTARY_BUILDTAGS} -o $@ ${GO_LDFLAGS_STATIC} ./cmd/notary-signer
+endif
+
 vet: go_version
 	@echo "+ $@"
 ifeq ($(shell uname -s), Darwin)
@@ -153,6 +169,9 @@ clean-protos:
 binaries: go_version ${PREFIX}/bin/notary-server ${PREFIX}/bin/notary ${PREFIX}/bin/notary-signer
 	@echo "+ $@"
 
+static: go_version ${PREFIX}/bin/static/notary-server ${PREFIX}/bin/static/notary-signer
+	@echo "+ $@"
+
 define template
 mkdir -p ${PREFIX}/cross/$(1)/$(2);
 GOOS=$(1) GOARCH=$(2) CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o ${PREFIX}/cross/$(1)/$(2)/notary -a -tags "static_build netgo" -installsuffix netgo ${GO_LDFLAGS_STATIC} ./cmd/notary;