From d22294b979b7114f495349124c000436318c6715 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zeripath <art27@cantab.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2021 02:06:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add information on how to build statically (#14594)

Fix #14576

Signed-off-by: Andrew Thornton <art27@cantab.net>

Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
---
 doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md b/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md
index bff206a8..5525faf3 100644
--- a/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md
+++ b/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md
@@ -186,3 +186,11 @@ CC=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 TAGS="bindata sqlite sq
 ```
 
 Replace `CC`, `GOOS`, and `GOARCH` as appropriate for your architecture target.
+
+You will sometimes need to build a static compiled image. To do this you will need to add:
+
+```
+LDFLAGS="-linkmode external -extldflags '-static' $LDFLAGS" TAGS="netgo osusergo $TAGS" make build
+```
+
+This can be combined with `CC`, `GOOS`, and `GOARCH` as above.