diff --git a/templates/lib/before_deploy.sh b/templates/lib/before_deploy.sh
index d6dca4d..a869279 100644
--- a/templates/lib/before_deploy.sh
+++ b/templates/lib/before_deploy.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ set -ex
 
 main() {
   local src=$(pwd) \
-    stage=
+        stage= \
+        linking_args=
 
   case $TRAVIS_OS_NAME in
     linux)
@@ -19,8 +20,29 @@ main() {
 
   test -f Cargo.lock || cargo generate-lockfile
 
-  cross rustc --bin $PKG_NAME --target $TARGET --release -- -C lto
-  cp target/$TARGET/release/$PKG_NAME $stage/
+  # TODO: combine with -C lto
+  case $TYPE in
+      static)
+          linking_args="--crate-type staticlib"
+          ;;
+      *)
+          linking_args="--crate-type cdylib"
+          ;;
+  esac
+
+  cross rustc --lib --target $TARGET --release -- $linking_args
+
+  case $TYPE-$TRAVIS_OS_NAME in
+      static-*)
+          cp target/$TARGET/release/lib$PKG_NAME.a $stage/
+          ;;
+      *-osx)
+          cp target/$TARGET/release/lib$PKG_NAME.dylib $stage/
+          ;;
+      *)
+          cp target/$TARGET/release/lib$PKG_NAME.so $stage/
+          ;;
+  esac
 
   cd $stage
   tar czf $src/$CRATE_NAME-$TRAVIS_TAG-$TARGET.tar.gz *
diff --git a/templates/lib/travis.yml b/templates/lib/travis.yml
index 2aa845e..e363ad2 100644
--- a/templates/lib/travis.yml
+++ b/templates/lib/travis.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ matrix:
   include:
     - env: TARGET=armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
       rust: nightly
-    - env: TARGET=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+    - env: TARGET=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl TYPE=static
       rust: nightly
     - env: TARGET=x86_64-apple-darwin
       rust: nightly