diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d4ee6dd..e6426f0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ libgourou.so: libgourou.a
 	$(CXX) obj/*.o $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -shared
 
 utils:
-	make -C utils ROOT=$(PWD) CXX=$(CXX) AR=$(AR) DEBUG=$(DEBUG)
+	make -C utils ROOT=$(PWD) CXX=$(CXX) AR=$(AR) DEBUG=$(DEBUG) STATIC_UTILS=$(STATIC_UTILS)
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf libgourou.a libgourou.so obj
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50efcc4..9549eeb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,12 +47,14 @@ Compilation
 
 Use _make_ command
 
-    make [CROSS=XXX] [DEBUG=1]
+    make [CROSS=XXX] [DEBUG=1] [STATIC_UTILS=1]
 
 CROSS can define a cross compiler prefix (ie arm-linux-gnueabihf-)
 
 DEBUG can be set to compile in DEBUG mode
 
+STATIC_UTILS to build utils with static library (libgourou.a) instead of default dynamic one (libgourou.so)
+
 
 Utils
 -----
diff --git a/utils/Makefile b/utils/Makefile
index 14c7c4a..a260e2d 100644
--- a/utils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 TARGETS=acsmdownloader activate
 
 CXXFLAGS=-Wall `pkg-config --cflags Qt5Core Qt5Network` -fPIC -I$(ROOT)/include -I$(ROOT)/lib/pugixml/src/
+ifneq ($(STATIC_UTILS),)
+LDFLAGS=`pkg-config --libs Qt5Core Qt5Network` -L$(ROOT) $(ROOT)/libgourou.a -lcrypto -lzip
+else
 LDFLAGS=`pkg-config --libs Qt5Core Qt5Network` -L$(ROOT) -lgourou -lcrypto -lzip
+endif
 
 ifneq ($(DEBUG),)
 CXXFLAGS += -ggdb -O0