diff --git a/templates/lib/before_deploy.sh b/templates/lib/before_deploy.sh
index d6dca4d..b84b6d1 100644
--- a/templates/lib/before_deploy.sh
+++ b/templates/lib/before_deploy.sh
@@ -5,22 +5,38 @@ PKG_NAME="{{PKG_NAME}}"
 set -ex
 
 main() {
-  local src=$(pwd) \
-    stage=
+  local src=$(pwd) stage
 
   case $TRAVIS_OS_NAME in
-    linux)
-      stage=$(mktemp -d)
-      ;;
-    osx)
-      stage=$(mktemp -d -t tmp)
-      ;;
+  linux)
+    stage=$(mktemp -d)
+    ;;
+  osx)
+    stage=$(mktemp -d -t tmp)
+    ;;
   esac
 
   test -f Cargo.lock || cargo generate-lockfile
 
-  cross rustc --bin $PKG_NAME --target $TARGET --release -- -C lto
-  cp target/$TARGET/release/$PKG_NAME $stage/
+  if [[ "$TYPE" == "static" ]]; then
+    cargo crate-type static
+  else
+    cargo crate-type dynamic
+  fi
+
+  cross rustc --lib --target $TARGET --release -- -C lto
+
+  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/install.sh b/templates/lib/install.sh
index a5e8415..4ae5759 100644
--- a/templates/lib/install.sh
+++ b/templates/lib/install.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ main() {
   # Install test dependencies
   rustup component add rustfmt-preview
   rustup component add clippy-preview
+
+  # For defining the type of lib to produce: dynamic OR static
+  cargo install --force cargo-crate-type
 }
 
 main
diff --git a/templates/lib/travis.yml b/templates/lib/travis.yml
index 9d15fba..3ac23b1 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