diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 57dcfd6..7e9145a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ results/
 *.deppo
 *.swp
 DRAMSim
+libdramsim.a
 libdramsim.so
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1ed297c..2e6a4c6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ endif
 CXXFLAGS+=$(OPTFLAGS)
 
 EXE_NAME=DRAMSim
+STATIC_LIB_NAME := libdramsim.a
 LIB_NAME=libdramsim.so
 LIB_NAME_MACOS=libdramsim.dylib
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ LIB_OBJ := $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(LIB_SRC)))
 #build portable objects (i.e. with -fPIC)
 POBJ = $(addsuffix .po, $(basename $(LIB_SRC)))
 
-REBUILDABLES=$(OBJ) ${POBJ} $(EXE_NAME) $(LIB_NAME) 
+REBUILDABLES=$(OBJ) ${POBJ} $(EXE_NAME) $(LIB_NAME) $(STATIC_LIB_NAME)
 
 all: ${EXE_NAME}
 
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ $(LIB_NAME): $(POBJ)
 	g++ -g -shared -Wl,-soname,$@ -o $@ $^
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
 
+$(STATIC_LIB_NAME): $(LIB_OBJ)
+	$(AR) crs $@ $^
+
 $(LIB_NAME_MACOS): $(POBJ)
 	g++ -dynamiclib -o $@ $^
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"