diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 935f5a8..8931cb8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,8 +36,12 @@ include_directories ("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
 
 add_executable (tini src/tini.c)
 
+add_executable (tini-static src/tini.c)
+set_target_properties (tini-static PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--no-export-dynamic -static")
+
 # Installation
 install (TARGETS tini DESTINATION bin)
+install (TARGETS tini-static DESTINATION bin)
 
 # Packaging
 include (InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ca8db6..7630f73 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,11 +63,22 @@ Assuming your entrypoint was `/docker-entrypoint.sh`, then you would use:
     ENTRYPOINT ["/tini", "--", "/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 
 
+### Statically-Linked Version ###
+
+Tini has very few dependencies (it only depends on libc), but if your
+container fails to start, you might want to consider using the statically-built
+version instead:
+
+    ADD https://github.com/krallin/tini/releases/download/${TINI_VERSION}/tini-static /tini
+
+
 ### Size Considerations ###
 
 Tini is a very small file (in the 10KB range), so it doesn't add much weight
 to your container.
 
+The statically-linked version is bigger, but still < 1M.
+
 
 ### Building Tini ###
 
diff --git a/ci/run_build.sh b/ci/run_build.sh
index 102072f..ffc4b20 100755
--- a/ci/run_build.sh
+++ b/ci/run_build.sh
@@ -22,26 +22,27 @@ make package
 popd
 
 # Smoke tests (actual tests need Docker to run; they don't run within the CI environment)
-tini="${BUILD_DIR}/tini"
-echo "Testing $tini with: true"
-$tini -vvvv true
+for tini in "${BUILD_DIR}/tini" "${BUILD_DIR}/tini-static"; do
+  echo "Testing $tini with: true"
+  $tini -vvvv true
 
-echo "Testing $tini with: false"
-if $tini -vvvv false; then
-  exit 1
-fi
+  echo "Testing $tini with: false"
+  if $tini -vvvv false; then
+    exit 1
+  fi
 
-# Place files
-mkdir -p "${DIST_DIR}"
-cp "${BUILD_DIR}"/tini{,*.rpm,*deb} "${DIST_DIR}"
+  # Move files to the dist dir for testing
+  mkdir -p "${DIST_DIR}"
+  cp "${BUILD_DIR}"/tini{,-static,*.rpm,*deb} "${DIST_DIR}"
 
-# Quick audit
-if which rpm; then
-  echo "Contents for RPM:"
-  rpm -qlp "${DIST_DIR}/tini"*.rpm
-fi
+  # Quick audit
+  if which rpm; then
+    echo "Contents for RPM:"
+    rpm -qlp "${DIST_DIR}/tini"*.rpm
+  fi
 
-if which dpkg; then
-  echo "Contents for DEB:"
-  dpkg --contents "${DIST_DIR}/tini"*deb
-fi
+  if which dpkg; then
+    echo "Contents for DEB:"
+    dpkg --contents "${DIST_DIR}/tini"*deb
+  fi
+done
diff --git a/test/test.py b/test/test.py
index de8becc..5fdb4ad 100644
--- a/test/test.py
+++ b/test/test.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
 
     # Funtional tests
-    for entrypoint in ["/tini/dist/tini"]:
+    for entrypoint in ["/tini/dist/tini", "/tini/dist/tini-static"]:
         functional_base_cmd = base_cmd + [
             "--entrypoint={0}".format(entrypoint),
             img,
diff --git a/tpl/README.md.in b/tpl/README.md.in
index 40d6d1e..547bfac 100644
--- a/tpl/README.md.in
+++ b/tpl/README.md.in
@@ -63,11 +63,22 @@ Assuming your entrypoint was `/docker-entrypoint.sh`, then you would use:
     ENTRYPOINT ["/tini", "--", "/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 
 
+### Statically-Linked Version ###
+
+Tini has very few dependencies (it only depends on libc), but if your
+container fails to start, you might want to consider using the statically-built
+version instead:
+
+    ADD https://github.com/krallin/tini/releases/download/${TINI_VERSION}/tini-static /tini
+
+
 ### Size Considerations ###
 
 Tini is a very small file (in the 10KB range), so it doesn't add much weight
 to your container.
 
+The statically-linked version is bigger, but still < 1M.
+
 
 ### Building Tini ###
 
diff --git a/tpl/travis.yml.tpl b/tpl/travis.yml.tpl
index 67feea0..2af079c 100644
--- a/tpl/travis.yml.tpl
+++ b/tpl/travis.yml.tpl
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ deploy:
     secure: Yk90ANpSPv1iJy8QDXCPwfaSmEr/WIJ3bzhQ6X8JvZjfrwTosbh0HrUzQyeac3nyvNwj7YJRssolOFc21IBKPpCFTZqYxSkuLPU6ysG4HGHgN6YJhOMm4mG4KKJ6741q3DJendhZpalBhCEi+NcZK/PCSD97Vl4OqRjBUged0fs=
   file:
     - "./dist/tini"
+    - "./dist/tini-static"
     - "./dist/tini_@tini_VERSION_MAJOR@.@tini_VERSION_MINOR@.@tini_VERSION_PATCH@.deb"
     - "./dist/tini_@tini_VERSION_MAJOR@.@tini_VERSION_MINOR@.@tini_VERSION_PATCH@.rpm"
   on: