diff --git a/plugin/options.go b/plugin/options.go
index a96e64887f..a0c6ae9f2e 100644
--- a/plugin/options.go
+++ b/plugin/options.go
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ func WithJSONSchema(schema string) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithStaticLinking() Option {
+	return func(p *Plugin) {
+		p.staticLinking = true
+	}
+}
+
 type TableOptions struct {
 	Tables              []string
 	SkipTables          []string
diff --git a/plugin/plugin.go b/plugin/plugin.go
index 3b96f8d026..366e1e2fc5 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ type Plugin struct {
 	targets []BuildTarget
 	// Called upon init call to validate and init configuration
 	newClient NewClientFunc
+	// staticLinking true if C libraries should be added to compiled executable
+	staticLinking bool
 	// Logger to call, this logger is passed to the serve.Serve Client, if not defined Serve will create one instead.
 	logger zerolog.Logger
 	// mu is a mutex that limits the number of concurrent init/syncs (can only be one at a time)
@@ -108,6 +110,11 @@ func (p *Plugin) Version() string {
 	return p.version
 }
 
+// IsStaticLinkingEnabled whether static linking is to be enabled
+func (p *Plugin) IsStaticLinkingEnabled() bool {
+	return p.staticLinking
+}
+
 func (p *Plugin) Targets() []BuildTarget {
 	return p.targets
 }
diff --git a/serve/package.go b/serve/package.go
index f377808c76..848e3ffed4 100644
--- a/serve/package.go
+++ b/serve/package.go
@@ -105,13 +105,17 @@ func (s *PluginServe) writeTablesJSON(ctx context.Context, dir string) error {
 func (s *PluginServe) build(pluginDirectory, goos, goarch, distPath, pluginVersion string) (*TargetBuild, error) {
 	pluginName := fmt.Sprintf("plugin-%s-%s-%s-%s", s.plugin.Name(), pluginVersion, goos, goarch)
 	pluginPath := path.Join(distPath, pluginName)
-	args := []string{"build", "-o", pluginPath}
 	importPath, err := s.getModuleName(pluginDirectory)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	ldFlags := fmt.Sprintf("-s -w -X %s/plugin.Version=%s", importPath, pluginVersion)
+	if s.plugin.IsStaticLinkingEnabled() {
+		ldFlags += " -linkmode external -extldflags=-static"
+	}
+	args := []string{"build", "-o", pluginPath}
 	args = append(args, "-buildmode=exe")
-	args = append(args, "-ldflags", fmt.Sprintf("-s -w -X %s/plugin.Version=%s", importPath, pluginVersion))
+	args = append(args, "-ldflags", ldFlags)
 	cmd := exec.Command("go", args...)
 	cmd.Dir = pluginDirectory
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout