diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d8828f61..c47f985f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -38,3 +38,20 @@ jobs:
         cd build
         cmake -DWITH_UPNP=${{ matrix.with_upnp }} .
         make -j3
+  build-static:
+    name: Static build with UPnP
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: install packages
+      run: |
+        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mhier/libboost-latest
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install build-essential libboost1.74-dev libminiupnpc-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev
+    - name: build application
+      run: make DEBUG=no USE_STATIC=yes USE_UPNP=yes -j`nproc`
+    - name: Upload artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: i2pd-static-linux-x86_64
+        path: i2pd
diff --git a/Makefile.linux b/Makefile.linux
index 9a3fdda3..4098ad1f 100644
--- a/Makefile.linux
+++ b/Makefile.linux
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ else ifeq ($(shell expr match ${CXXVER} "4\.[8-9]"),3) # gcc 4.8 - 4.9
 else ifeq ($(shell expr match ${CXXVER} "[5-6]"),1) # gcc 5 - 6
 	NEEDED_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11
 	LDLIBS = -latomic
-else ifeq ($(shell expr match ${CXXVER} "[7-9]"),1) # gcc 7 - 9 
+else ifeq ($(shell expr match ${CXXVER} "[7-9]"),1) # gcc 7 - 9
 	NEEDED_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++17
 	LDLIBS = -latomic
-else ifeq ($(shell expr match ${CXXVER} "1[0-9]"),2) # gcc 10 - 19
+else ifeq ($(shell expr match ${CXXVER} "1[0-9]"),2) # gcc 10+
 #	NEEDED_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++20
 	NEEDED_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++17
 	LDLIBS = -latomic
@@ -33,31 +33,20 @@ endif
 
 NEEDED_CXXFLAGS += -fPIC
 
-ifeq ($(USE_STATIC),yes)
 # NOTE: on glibc you will get this warning:
 #   Using 'getaddrinfo' in statically linked applications requires at runtime
 #   the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking
-	LIBDIR := /usr/lib/$(SYS)
-	LDLIBS += $(LIBDIR)/libboost_system.a
-	LDLIBS += $(LIBDIR)/libboost_date_time.a
-	LDLIBS += $(LIBDIR)/libboost_filesystem.a
-	LDLIBS += $(LIBDIR)/libboost_program_options.a
-	LDLIBS += $(LIBDIR)/libssl.a
-	LDLIBS += $(LIBDIR)/libcrypto.a
-	LDLIBS += $(LIBDIR)/libz.a
-ifeq ($(USE_UPNP),yes)
-	LDLIBS += $(LIBDIR)/libminiupnpc.a
-endif
-	LDLIBS += -lpthread -ldl
+ifeq ($(USE_STATIC),yes)
+	LDLIBS += -ldl -Wl,-Bstatic -pthread -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
 else
-	LDLIBS += -lcrypto -lssl -lz -lboost_system -lboost_date_time -lboost_filesystem -lboost_program_options -lpthread
-ifeq ($(USE_UPNP),yes)
-	LDLIBS += -lminiupnpc
-endif
+	LDLIBS += -lpthread
 endif
 
+LDLIBS += -lboost_system -lboost_date_time -lboost_filesystem -lboost_program_options -lssl -lcrypto -lz
+
 # UPNP Support (miniupnpc 1.5 and higher)
 ifeq ($(USE_UPNP),yes)
+	LDLIBS += -lminiupnpc
 	NEEDED_CXXFLAGS += -DUSE_UPNP
 endif