diff --git a/lib/bin.js b/lib/bin.js
index 2bfe4d6d..84492d7e 100755
--- a/lib/bin.js
+++ b/lib/bin.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { need } from './index.js';
 
 async function main () {
   const argv = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
-    boolean: [ 'f', 'b' ],
+    boolean: [ 'f', 'b', 's' ],
     string: [ 'n', 'p', 'a' ]
   });
   const nodeRange = argv.n || argv._.shift();
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ async function main () {
   const arch = argv.a || argv._.shift();
   const forceFetch = argv.f;
   const forceBuild = argv.b;
+  const fullyStatic = argv.s;
   const local = await need({ nodeRange, platform,
-    arch, forceFetch, forceBuild });
+    arch, forceFetch, forceBuild, fullyStatic });
   log.info(local);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/build.js b/lib/build.js
index 46d1c237..f8ef8228 100644
--- a/lib/build.js
+++ b/lib/build.js
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ async function compileOnWindows (nodeVersion, targetArch) {
   return path.join(nodePath, 'out/Release/node.exe');
 }
 
-async function compileOnUnix (nodeVersion, targetArch) {
+export async function compileOnUnix (nodeVersion, targetArch, opts = {}) {
+  const { fullyStatic } = opts;
   const args = [];
   const cpu = { x86: 'ia32', x64: 'x64',
     armv6: 'arm', armv7: 'arm', arm64: 'arm64', s390x: 's390x' }[targetArch];
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ async function compileOnUnix (nodeVersion, targetArch) {
   // also we don't support any kind of debugging
   // against packaged apps, hence v8_inspector is useless
   const major = nodeVersion.match(/^v?(\d+)/)[1] | 0;
+  if (fullyStatic === true) args.push('--fully-static');
   if (major >= 6) args.push('--without-inspector');
   // https://github.com/mhart/alpine-node/blob/base-7.4.0/Dockerfile#L33
   if (hostPlatform === 'alpine') args.push('--without-snapshot');
@@ -85,22 +87,22 @@ async function compileOnUnix (nodeVersion, targetArch) {
   return output;
 }
 
-async function compile (nodeVersion, targetArch) {
+async function compile (nodeVersion, targetArch, opts) {
   log.info('Compiling Node.js from sources...');
   const win = hostPlatform === 'win';
   if (win) return await compileOnWindows(nodeVersion, targetArch);
-  return await compileOnUnix(nodeVersion, targetArch);
+  return await compileOnUnix(nodeVersion, targetArch, opts);
 }
 
 export default async function build (
-  nodeVersion, targetArch, local
+  nodeVersion, targetArch, local, opts
 ) {
   await remove(buildPath);
   await mkdirp(buildPath);
   await gitClone();
   await gitResetHard(nodeVersion);
   await applyPatches(nodeVersion);
-  const output = await compile(nodeVersion, targetArch);
+  const output = await compile(nodeVersion, targetArch, opts);
   await mkdirp(path.dirname(local));
   await copyFile(output, local);
   await remove(buildPath);
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 792dc885..e497afd7 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { version } from '../package.json';
 const cloud = new Cloud({ owner: 'zeit', repo: 'pkg-fetch' });
 
 export async function need (opts = {}) { // eslint-disable-line complexity
-  let { nodeRange, platform, arch, forceFetch, forceBuild, dryRun } = opts;
+  let { nodeRange, platform, arch, forceFetch, forceBuild, fullyStatic, dryRun } = opts;
   if (!nodeRange) throw wasReported('nodeRange not specified');
   if (!platform) throw wasReported('platform not specified');
   if (!arch) throw wasReported('arch not specified');
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ export async function need (opts = {}) { // eslint-disable-line complexity
     if (await cloud.download(remote, fetched)) return fetched;
     fetchFailed = true;
   }
+  if (fullyStatic) {
+    log.info('Using "fully static" linking');
+  }
   if (!dryRun && fetchFailed) {
     log.info('Not found in GitHub releases:', JSON.stringify(remote));
   }
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ export async function need (opts = {}) { // eslint-disable-line complexity
   }
 
   if (dryRun) return 'built';
-  await build(nodeVersion, arch, built);
+  await build(nodeVersion, arch, built, opts);
   return built;
 }
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index ed6d3a7f..28d824b5 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -3,3 +3,16 @@
 Github Releases page of this project contains base binaries,
 used by `pkg` to create executables. `pkg-fetch` npm package
 downloads base binaries or compiles them from source.
+
+# Usage
+
+## Program Arguments
+
+Argument | Description | Example Value
+-------- | ----------- | -------------
+f  | Forces a fetch
+b | Forces a build
+s | Use fully static linking
+n | Node range | `node10`
+p | Platform | `macos`
+a  | Architecture | `x64`