diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e6aa957..353806fd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ project(Scanner)
 option(BUILD_CUDA "" ON)
 option(BUILD_TESTS "" ON)
 option(ENABLE_PROFILING "" OFF)
+option(BUILD_STATIC "" OFF)
 
 if (BUILD_TESTS)
   enable_testing()
@@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-DDEBUG")
 
 add_subdirectory(scanner)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
+set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,-Bsymbolic")
+
 add_library(scanner SHARED
   $<TARGET_OBJECTS:api>
   $<TARGET_OBJECTS:engine>
diff --git a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
index acea305e..32a49619 100644
--- a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ find_package(Storehouse REQUIRED CONFIG
   "${STOREHOUSE_DIR}")
 find_package(TinyToml REQUIRED)
 
+get_filename_component(JPEG_PATH "${JPEG_LIBRARIES}" DIRECTORY)
+
 set(PYBIND11_PYTHON_VERSION 3)
 find_package(pybind11 REQUIRED)
 
@@ -94,11 +96,10 @@ set(SCANNER_LIBRARIES
   "${STOREHOUSE_LIBRARIES}"
   "${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}"
   "${PYTHON_LIBRARIES}"
-  "${JPEG_LIBRARY}"
   "-lz"
   "-ldl"
   )
-
+list(APPEND SCANNER_LIBRARIES  "${JPEG_LIBRARIES}")
 include_directories(
   "."
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" # for protobuf generated files
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindFFmpeg.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindFFmpeg.cmake
index b2269196..02c2dbb9 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindFFmpeg.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindFFmpeg.cmake
@@ -34,27 +34,27 @@ PATHS ${_FFMPEG_AVCODEC_INCLUDE_DIRS} /usr/include /usr/local/include /opt/local
 PATH_SUFFIXES ffmpeg libav
 )
 
-find_library(FFMPEG_LIBAVCODEC
+find_library(FFMPEG_LIBAVCODEC libavcodec.a
 NAMES avcodec
 PATHS ${_FFMPEG_AVCODEC_LIBRARY_DIRS} /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /opt/local/lib /sw/lib
 )
 
-find_library(FFMPEG_LIBAVFORMAT
+find_library(FFMPEG_LIBAVFORMAT libavformat.a
 NAMES avformat
 PATHS ${_FFMPEG_AVFORMAT_LIBRARY_DIRS} /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /opt/local/lib /sw/lib
 )
 
-find_library(FFMPEG_LIBAVUTIL
+find_library(FFMPEG_LIBAVUTIL libavutil.a
 NAMES avutil
 PATHS ${_FFMPEG_AVUTIL_LIBRARY_DIRS} /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /opt/local/lib /sw/lib
 )
 
-find_library(FFMPEG_LIBSWRESAMPLE
+find_library(FFMPEG_LIBSWRESAMPLE libswresample.a
 NAMES swresample
 PATHS ${_FFMPEG_AVUTIL_LIBRARY_DIRS} /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /opt/local/lib /sw/lib
 )
 
-find_library(FFMPEG_LIBSWSCALE
+find_library(FFMPEG_LIBSWSCALE libswscale.a
 NAMES swscale
 PATHS ${_FFMPEG_AVCODEC_LIBRARY_DIRS} /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /opt/local/lib /sw/lib
 )
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindGRPC.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindGRPC.cmake
index cb819711..3a8d3c3d 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindGRPC.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindGRPC.cmake
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ else()
     ${GRPC_DIR}/include)
 endif()
 
-find_library(GRPCPP_UNSECURE_LIBRARY grpc++_unsecure
+find_library(GRPCPP_UNSECURE_LIBRARY libgrpc++_unsecure.a grpc++_unsecure
   PATHS
   ${GRPC_DIR}/lib)
 
-find_library(GRPC_LIBRARY grpc
+find_library(GRPC_LIBRARY libgrpc.a grpc
   PATHS
   ${GRPC_DIR}/lib)
 
-find_library(GPR_LIBRARY gpr
+find_library(GPR_LIBRARY libgpr.a gpr
   PATHS
   ${GRPC_DIR}/lib)
 
diff --git a/deps.sh b/deps.sh
index 8a1c0731..a25e5c7f 100644
--- a/deps.sh
+++ b/deps.sh
@@ -310,6 +310,14 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_NONE == true ]]; then
 elif [[ $INSTALL_ALL == false ]]; then
     # Ask about each library
 
+    echo -n "Do you want to build statically? [y/N]: "
+    read yn
+    if [[ $yn == y ]] || [[ $yn == Y ]]; then
+        BUILD_STATIC=true
+    else
+        BUILD_STATIC=false
+    fi
+
     echo "Required dependencies: "
     if [[ -z ${WITH_OPENCV+x} ]]; then
         if [[ $HAS_BREW == true ]] && brew ls --versions opencv > /dev/null; then
@@ -581,28 +589,40 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_GRPC == true ]] && [[ ! -f $BUILD_DIR/grpc.done ]] ; then
     # gRPC 1.16.0
     echo "Installing gRPC 1.16.0..."
     cd $BUILD_DIR
-    rm -fr grpc
-    git clone -b v1.16.0 https://github.com/grpc/grpc && \
+    if [[ $BUILD_STATIC == true ]] ; then
+        rm -fr grpc
+        git clone -b v1.16.0 https://github.com/grpc/grpc &&
+        cd grpc && git submodule update --init --recursive && \
+        CPPFLAGS=-I$INSTALL_PREFIX/include LDFLAGS=-L$INSTALL_PREFIX/lib make -j$cores && \
+        CPPFLAGS=-I$INSTALL_PREFIX/include LDFLAGS=-L$INSTALL_PREFIX/lib make install prefix=$INSTALL_PREFIX
+        find . -type f -name "*.a" -exec cp '{}' $DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR/lib/ ';'
+        touch $BUILD_DIR/grpc.done \
+            || { echo 'Installing gRPC failed!' ; exit 1; }
+    else
+        rm -fr grpc
+        git clone -b v1.16.0 https://github.com/grpc/grpc && \
         cd grpc && git submodule update --init --recursive && \
         CPPFLAGS=-I$INSTALL_PREFIX/include LDFLAGS=-L$INSTALL_PREFIX/lib make -j$cores && \
         CPPFLAGS=-I$INSTALL_PREFIX/include LDFLAGS=-L$INSTALL_PREFIX/lib make install prefix=$INSTALL_PREFIX && \
         touch $BUILD_DIR/grpc.done \
             || { echo 'Installing gRPC failed!' ; exit 1; }
-    if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]]; then
-        # Linux
-        ldconfig -n $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib
-    elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
-        # OS X
-        install_name_tool -id "@rpath/libgrpc++_unsecure.dylib" \
-                          $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/libgrpc++_unsecure.dylib
-        install_name_tool -id "@rpath/libgrpc.dylib" \
-                          $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/libgrpc.dylib
-        install_name_tool -id "@rpath/libgpr.dylib" \
-                          $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/libgpr.dylib
-        install_name_tool -change libgpr.dylib @rpath/libgpr.dylib \
-                          $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/libgrpc++_unsecure.dylib
-        install_name_tool -change libgrpc_unsecure.dylib @rpath/libgrpc_unsecure.dylib \
-                          $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/libgrpc++_unsecure.dylib
+
+        if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]]; then
+            # Linux
+            ldconfig -n $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib
+        elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+            OS X
+            install_name_tool -id "@rpath/libgrpc++_unsecure.dylib" \
+                            $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/libgrpc++_unsecure.dylib
+            install_name_tool -id "@rpath/libgrpc.dylib" \
+                            $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/libgrpc.dylib
+            install_name_tool -id "@rpath/libgpr.dylib" \
+                            $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/libgpr.dylib
+            install_name_tool -change libgpr.dylib @rpath/libgpr.dylib \
+                            $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/libgrpc++_unsecure.dylib
+            install_name_tool -change libgrpc_unsecure.dylib @rpath/libgrpc_unsecure.dylib \
+                            $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/libgrpc++_unsecure.dylib
+        fi
     fi
     echo "Done installing gRPC 1.16.0"
 fi
@@ -625,17 +645,38 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_FFMPEG == true ]] && [[ ! -f $BUILD_DIR/ffmpeg.done ]] ; then
     # FFMPEG
     cd $BUILD_DIR
     rm -fr ffmpeg
-    git clone -b n3.3.1 https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git && cd ffmpeg && \
-    ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_PREFIX \
-                --enable-shared --disable-stripping \
-                --disable-decoder=libschroedinger \
-                --enable-avresample \
-                --enable-libx264 \
-                --enable-nonfree \
-                --enable-gpl \
-                --enable-gnutls \
-                $(echo $CMDS) && \
-    make -j${cores} && make install && touch $BUILD_DIR/ffmpeg.done \
+    if [[ $BUILD_STATIC == true ]] ; then
+        git clone -b n3.3.1 https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git && cd ffmpeg && \
+        ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_PREFIX \
+                    --enable-shared --disable-stripping \
+                    --disable-decoder=libschroedinger \
+                    --enable-avresample \
+                    --enable-libx264 \
+                    --enable-nonfree \
+                    --enable-gpl \
+                    --enable-gnutls \
+                    --enable-pic \
+                    --extra-ldexeflags=-pie \
+                    $(echo $CMDS) && \
+        make -j${cores} && make install
+        find . -type f -name "*.a" -exec cp '{}' $DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR/lib/ ';'
+    else
+        git clone -b n3.3.1 https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git && cd ffmpeg && \
+        ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_PREFIX \
+                    --enable-shared --disable-stripping \
+                    --disable-decoder=libschroedinger \
+                    --enable-avresample \
+                    --enable-libx264 \
+                    --enable-nonfree \
+                    --enable-gpl \
+                    --enable-gnutls \
+                    --enable-pic \
+                    --extra-ldexeflags=-pie \
+                    $(echo $CMDS) && \
+        make -j${cores} && make install
+    fi
+
+    touch $BUILD_DIR/ffmpeg.done \
         || { echo 'Installing ffmpeg failed!' ; exit 1; }
     echo "Done installing ffmpeg 3.3.1"
 fi