diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 83a69b0..8db8663 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CC = gcc
+AR = ar
 CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -Isrc/include -Iinclude -ggdb
 LDFLAGS += -ldl -rdynamic
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ OBJ_DIR = $(BUILD_DIR)/obj
 # Output names
 EXECUTABLE = $(BIN_DIR)/ground
 SHARED_LIB = $(LIB_DIR)/libgroundvm.so
+STATIC_LIB = $(LIB_DIR)/libgroundvm.a
 HEADERS = $(INC_DIR)/groundvm.h $(INC_DIR)/groundext.h
 
 # Source files
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ executable: $(EXECUTABLE)
 
 # Build shared library
 .PHONY: library
-library: $(SHARED_LIB) $(HEADERS)
+library: $(SHARED_LIB) $(STATIC_LIB) $(HEADERS)
 
 # Build both
 .PHONY: both
@@ -59,6 +61,10 @@ $(EXECUTABLE): $(EXE_OBJECTS) | $(BIN_DIR)
 $(SHARED_LIB): $(LIB_OBJECTS) | $(LIB_DIR)
 	$(CC) -shared $(LIB_OBJECTS) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
+# Build static library
+$(STATIC_LIB): $(LIB_OBJECTS) | $(LIB_DIR)
+	$(AR) rcs $(STATIC_LIB) $(LIB_OBJECTS)
+
 # Copy header for library distribution
 $(INC_DIR)/%.h: include/%.h | $(INC_DIR)
 	cp $< $@
@@ -88,6 +94,7 @@ install: both
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include
 	cp $(EXECUTABLE) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
 	cp $(SHARED_LIB) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/
+	cp $(STATIC_LIB) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/
 	cp $(HEADERS) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/
 	echo "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib" | tee $(DESTDIR)/etc/ld.so.conf.d/cground.conf 
 	ldconfig
diff --git a/src/interface.c b/src/interface.c
index f3b1de8..be6b2a4 100644
--- a/src/interface.c
+++ b/src/interface.c
@@ -5,6 +5,42 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+ 
+char* getFileContents(const char* filename) {
+    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3747086/reading-the-whole-text-file-into-a-char-array-in-c
+    FILE* fp;
+    long lSize;
+    char* file;
+
+    fp = fopen(filename, "rb");
+    if (!fp) {
+        perror(filename);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_END);
+    lSize = ftell(fp);
+    rewind(fp);
+
+    file = calloc(1, lSize + 1);
+    if (!file) {
+        fclose(fp);
+        fputs("memory allocation fail when reading file", stderr);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (1!=fread(file, lSize, 1, fp)) {
+        fclose(fp);
+        free(file);
+        fputs("couldn't read entire file", stderr);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    // we done
+    fclose(fp);
+
+    return file;
+}
 
 GroundProgram groundCreateProgram() {
     return (GroundProgram) {
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 2d2a4b0..f05f184 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -7,41 +7,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-char* getFileContents(const char* filename) {
-    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3747086/reading-the-whole-text-file-into-a-char-array-in-c
-    FILE* fp;
-    long lSize;
-    char* file;
-
-    fp = fopen(filename, "rb");
-    if (!fp) {
-        perror(filename);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_END);
-    lSize = ftell(fp);
-    rewind(fp);
-
-    file = calloc(1, lSize + 1);
-    if (!file) {
-        fclose(fp);
-        fputs("memory allocation fail when reading file", stderr);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    if (1!=fread(file, lSize, 1, fp)) {
-        fclose(fp);
-        free(file);
-        fputs("couldn't read entire file", stderr);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    // we done
-    fclose(fp);
-
-    return file;
-}
+char* getFileContents(const char* filename);
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     if (argc == 1) {