diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 1ea3648..7e1c78a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 instead (change the include directory to the appropriate one):
 %make install KERNEL_INCLUDES=/usr/src/linux/include
 
+If you want to make a static binary for ebtables, containing all the
+extensions, without shared libraries, do this (this will make a
+binary called 'static', which you can rename):
+%make static
+
 WHAT GETS INSTALLED?
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ad7a663..61cc3f2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 OBJECTS2:=getethertype.o communication.o libebtc.o \
 useful_functions.o ebtables.o
 
-OBJECTS:=$(OBJECTS2) ebtables.o $(EXT_OBJS) $(EXT_LIBS)
+OBJECTS:=$(OBJECTS2) $(EXT_OBJS) $(EXT_LIBS)
 
 KERNEL_INCLUDES?=include/
 
@@ -117,6 +117,43 @@
 .PHONY: daemon
 daemon: ebtablesd ebtablesu
 
+# a little scripting for a static binary, making one for ebtables-restore
+# should be completely analogous
+static: extensions/ebt_*.c extensions/ebtable_*.c ebtables.c communication.c ebtables-standalone.c getethertype.c libebtc.c useful_functions.c
+	cp ebtables-standalone.c ebtables-standalone.c_ ; \
+	cp include/ebtables_u.h include/ebtables_u.h_ ; \
+	sed "s/ main(/ pseudomain(/" ebtables-standalone.c > ebtables-standalone.c__ ; \
+	mv ebtables-standalone.c__ ebtables-standalone.c ; \
+	printf "\nint main(int argc, char *argv[])\n{\n "  >> ebtables-standalone.c ; \
+	for arg in $(EXT_FUNC) \
+	; do \
+	sed s/_init/_$${arg}_init/ extensions/ebt_$${arg}.c > extensions/ebt_$${arg}.c_ ; \
+	mv extensions/ebt_$${arg}.c_ extensions/ebt_$${arg}.c ; \
+	printf "\t%s();\n" _$${arg}_init >> ebtables-standalone.c ; \
+	printf "extern void %s();\n" _$${arg}_init >> include/ebtables_u.h ; \
+	done ; \
+	for arg in $(EXT_TABLES) \
+	; do \
+	sed s/_init/_t_$${arg}_init/ extensions/ebtable_$${arg}.c > extensions/ebtable_$${arg}.c_ ; \
+	mv extensions/ebtable_$${arg}.c_ extensions/ebtable_$${arg}.c ; \
+	printf "\t%s();\n" _t_$${arg}_init >> ebtables-standalone.c ; \
+	printf "extern void %s();\n" _t_$${arg}_init >> include/ebtables_u.h ; \
+	done ; \
+	printf "\n\tpseudomain(argc, argv);\n\treturn 0;\n}\n" >> ebtables-standalone.c ;\
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(PROGSPECS) -o $@ $^ -Iinclude/ ; \
+	for arg in $(EXT_FUNC) \
+	; do \
+	sed "s/ .*_init/ _init/" extensions/ebt_$${arg}.c > extensions/ebt_$${arg}.c_ ; \
+	mv extensions/ebt_$${arg}.c_ extensions/ebt_$${arg}.c ; \
+	done ; \
+	for arg in $(EXT_TABLES) \
+	; do \
+	sed "s/ .*_init/ _init/" extensions/ebtable_$${arg}.c > extensions/ebtable_$${arg}.c_ ; \
+	mv extensions/ebtable_$${arg}.c_ extensions/ebtable_$${arg}.c ; \
+	done ; \
+	mv ebtables-standalone.c_ ebtables-standalone.c ; \
+	mv include/ebtables_u.h_ include/ebtables_u.h
+
 tmp1:=$(shell printf $(BINDIR) | sed 's/\//\\\//g')
 tmp2:=$(shell printf $(SYSCONFIGDIR) | sed 's/\//\\\//g')
 tmp3:=$(shell printf $(PIPE) | sed 's/\//\\\//g')
@@ -152,7 +189,7 @@
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
-	rm -f ebtables ebtables-restore ebtablesd ebtablesu
+	rm -f ebtables ebtables-restore ebtablesd ebtablesu static
 	rm -f *.o *~ *.so
 	rm -f extensions/*.o extensions/*.c~ extensions/*.so include/*~