diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cb16a3f4df..e0a44bcff2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,55 @@ else (DISABLE_NETWORK)
 	endif (WIN32)
 endif (DISABLE_NETWORK)
 
+option(STATIC "Create a static build.")
+
+# Handle creating the rct2 text and data files on OS X and Linux
+# See details in src/openrct2.c:openrct2_setup_rct2_segment for how the values
+# were derived.
+if (UNIX)
+  add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT openrct2_text
+    COMMAND dd if=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/openrct2.exe of=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/openrct2_text bs=4096 skip=1 count=1187
+    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/openrct2.exe
+  )
+  add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT openrct2_data
+    COMMAND dd if=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/openrct2.exe of=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/openrct2_data bs=4096 skip=1188 count=318
+    COMMAND dd if=/dev/zero of=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/openrct2_data bs=4096 seek=318 count=2630 conv=notrunc
+    COMMAND dd if=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/openrct2.exe of=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/openrct2_data bs=4096 skip=1506 seek=2948 count=1 conv=notrunc
+    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/openrct2.exe
+  )
+  add_custom_target(segfiles DEPENDS openrct2_text openrct2_data)
+	if (APPLE)
+		set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -sectcreate rct2_text __text ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build/openrct2_text -sectcreate rct2_data __data ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build/openrct2_data -segaddr rct2_data 0x8a4000 -segprot rct2_data rwx rwx -segaddr rct2_text 0x401000 -segprot rct2_text rwx rwx -fno-pie -read_only_relocs suppress")
+	else (APPLE)
+		# For Linux we have to use objcopy to wrap regular binaries into a linkable
+		# format. We use specific section names which are then referenced in a
+		# bespoke linker script so they can be placed at predefined VMAs.
+		add_custom_command(
+			OUTPUT openrct2_text_section.o
+			COMMAND objcopy --input binary --output elf32-i386 --binary-architecture i386 openrct2_text openrct2_text_section.o --rename-section .data=.rct2_text,contents,alloc,load,readonly,code
+			DEPENDS segfiles
+			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+		)
+		add_custom_command(
+			OUTPUT openrct2_data_section.o
+			COMMAND objcopy --input binary --output elf32-i386 --binary-architecture i386 openrct2_data openrct2_data_section.o --rename-section .data=.rct2_data,contents,alloc,load,readonly,data
+			DEPENDS segfiles
+			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+		)
+		add_custom_target(linkable_sections DEPENDS openrct2_text_section.o openrct2_data_section.o)
+		SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(
+		    openrct2_text_section.o openrct2_data_section.o
+		    PROPERTIES
+		    EXTERNAL_OBJECT true
+		    GENERATED true
+		)
+		# can't use GLOB here, as the files don't exist yet at cmake-time
+		set(RCT2_SECTIONS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/openrct2_data_section.o" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/openrct2_text_section.o")
+		set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-T,\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/distribution/linux/ld_script.xc\"")
+	endif (APPLE)
+endif (UNIX)
 set(DEBUG_LEVEL 0 CACHE STRING "Select debug level for compilation. Use value in range 0–3.")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -DDEBUG=${DEBUG_LEVEL}")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DDEBUG=${DEBUG_LEVEL}")
@@ -56,24 +105,49 @@ if (APPLE)
 	set_source_files_properties(${ORCT2_MM_SOURCES} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-x objective-c -fmodules")
 endif (APPLE)
 
-if (UNIX)
-	# force 32bit build for now and set necessary flags to compile code as is
-	set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -m32 -std=gnu99 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-pie")
-	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -m32 -std=gnu++11 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-pie")
-	set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -m32")
-	set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS})
-endif (UNIX)
+# force 32bit build for now and set necessary flags to compile code as is
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -m32 -std=gnu99 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-pie")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -m32 -std=gnu++11 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-pie")
+set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -m32")
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS}")
+
+if (MINGW)
+	set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fpack-struct=1")
+	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fpack-struct=1")
+	set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++")
+endif ()
+
+if (STATIC)
+	if (WIN32)
+		set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -static")
+	else (WIN32)
+		set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -static")
+	endif (WIN32)
+endif ()
 
 # find and include SDL2
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SDL2 REQUIRED sdl2 SDL2_ttf)
+if (STATIC)
+	# FreeType is required by SDL2_ttf, but not wired up properly in package
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FREETYPE REQUIRED freetype2)
+	SET(SDL2LIBS ${SDL2_STATIC_LIBRARIES} ${FREETYPE_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
+else (STATIC)
+	SET(SDL2LIBS ${SDL2_LIBRARIES})
+endif (STATIC)
 
 if (NOT DISABLE_HTTP_TWITCH)
 	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBCURL REQUIRED libcurl)
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(JANSSON REQUIRED jansson)
-	SET(HTTPLIBS ${LIBCURL_LIBRARIES} ${JANSSON_LIBRARIES})
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(JANSSON REQUIRED jansson>=2.7)
 	if (WIN32)
-		SET(HTTPLIBS ${HTTPLIBS} ssl crypto winmm.lib ws2_32)
+		# Curl depends on openssl and ws2 in mingw builds, but is not wired up in pkg-config
+		PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SSL REQUIRED openssl)
+		set(WSLIBS ws2_32)
 	endif (WIN32)
+	if (STATIC)
+		SET(HTTPLIBS ${LIBCURL_STATIC_LIBRARIES} ${JANSSON_STATIC_LIBRARIES} ${SSL_STATIC_LIBRARIES} ${WSLIBS})
+	else (STATIC)
+		SET(HTTPLIBS ${LIBCURL_LIBRARIES} ${JANSSON_LIBRARIES} ${SSL_LIBRARIES} ${WSLIBS})
+	endif (STATIC)
 endif (NOT DISABLE_HTTP_TWITCH)
 
 # speex v1.1.15 is supplied in our zipped library, but distributions provide
@@ -99,7 +173,11 @@ if (WIN32)
 	# build as library for now, replace with add_executable
 	add_library(${PROJECT} SHARED ${ORCT2_SOURCES} ${SPEEX_SOURCES})
 else (WIN32)
-	add_executable(${PROJECT} ${ORCT2_SOURCES} ${ORCT2_MM_SOURCES})
+	add_executable(${PROJECT} ${ORCT2_SOURCES} ${ORCT2_MM_SOURCES} ${RCT2_SECTIONS})
+	add_dependencies(${PROJECT} segfiles)
+	if (NOT APPLE)
+		add_dependencies(${PROJECT} linkable_sections)
+	endif ()
 	add_custom_command(
 		OUTPUT g2.dat
 		COMMAND ./openrct2 sprite build ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/g2.dat ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/g2/
@@ -108,11 +186,6 @@ else (WIN32)
 	add_custom_target(g2 DEPENDS ${PROJECT} g2.dat)
 endif (WIN32)
 
-if (APPLE)
-	FIND_LIBRARY(ICONV_LIBRARIES NAMES iconv libiconv libiconv-2 c)
-	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PROJECT} ${ICONV_LIBRARIES})
-endif (APPLE)
-
 if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 	# FontConfig for TrueType fonts.
 	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FONTCONFIG REQUIRED fontconfig)
@@ -120,55 +193,6 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PROJECT} ${FONTCONFIG_LIBRARIES})
 endif (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 
-# Handle creating the rct2 text and data files on OS X and Linux
-# See details in src/openrct2.c:openrct2_setup_rct2_segment for how the values
-# were derived.
-if (UNIX)
-  add_custom_command(
-    OUTPUT openrct2_text
-    COMMAND dd if=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/openrct2.exe of=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/openrct2_text bs=4096 skip=1 count=1187
-    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/openrct2.exe
-  )
-  add_custom_command(
-    OUTPUT openrct2_data
-    COMMAND dd if=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/openrct2.exe of=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/openrct2_data bs=4096 skip=1188 count=318
-    COMMAND dd if=/dev/zero of=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/openrct2_data bs=4096 seek=318 count=2630 conv=notrunc
-    COMMAND dd if=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/openrct2.exe of=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/openrct2_data bs=4096 skip=1506 seek=2948 count=1 conv=notrunc
-    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/openrct2.exe
-  )
-  add_custom_target(segfiles DEPENDS openrct2_text openrct2_data)
-  add_dependencies(${PROJECT} segfiles)
-	if (APPLE)
-		set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -sectcreate rct2_text __text ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build/openrct2_text -sectcreate rct2_data __data ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build/openrct2_data -segaddr rct2_data 0x8a4000 -segprot rct2_data rwx rwx -segaddr rct2_text 0x401000 -segprot rct2_text rwx rwx -fno-pie -read_only_relocs suppress")
-	else (APPLE)
-		# For Linux we have to use objcopy to wrap regular binaries into a linkable
-		# format. We use specific section names which are then referenced in a
-		# bespoke linker script so they can be placed at predefined VMAs.
-		add_custom_command(
-			OUTPUT openrct2_text_section.o
-			COMMAND objcopy --input binary --output elf32-i386 --binary-architecture i386 openrct2_text openrct2_text_section.o --rename-section .data=.rct2_text,contents,alloc,load,readonly,code
-			DEPENDS segfiles
-			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
-		)
-		add_custom_command(
-			OUTPUT openrct2_data_section.o
-			COMMAND objcopy --input binary --output elf32-i386 --binary-architecture i386 openrct2_data openrct2_data_section.o --rename-section .data=.rct2_data,contents,alloc,load,readonly,data
-			DEPENDS segfiles
-			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
-		)
-		add_custom_target(linkable_sections DEPENDS openrct2_text_section.o openrct2_data_section.o)
-		add_dependencies(${PROJECT} linkable_sections)
-		SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(
-		    openrct2_text_section.o openrct2_data_section.o
-		    PROPERTIES
-		    EXTERNAL_OBJECT true
-		    GENERATED true
-		)
-		# can't use GLOB here, as the files don't exist yet at cmake-time
-		list(APPEND RCT2_SECTIONS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/openrct2_data_section.o" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/openrct2_text_section.o")
-		set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-T,\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/distribution/linux/ld_script.xc\"")
-	endif (APPLE)
-endif (UNIX)
 
 # install into ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/
 #install (TARGETS ${PROJECT} DESTINATION bin)
@@ -176,7 +200,13 @@ endif (UNIX)
 # libopenrct2.dll -> openrct2.dll
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT} PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PROJECT} ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} ${ORCTLIBS_LIB} ${HTTPLIBS} ${NETWORKLIBS} ${SPEEX_LIBRARIES} ${DLLIB} ${RCT2_SECTIONS})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PROJECT} ${SDL2LIBS} ${ORCTLIBS_LIB} ${HTTPLIBS} ${NETWORKLIBS} ${SPEEX_LIBRARIES} ${DLLIB})
+
+if (APPLE OR STATIC)
+	FIND_LIBRARY(ICONV_LIBRARIES NAMES iconv libiconv libiconv-2 c)
+	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PROJECT} ${ICONV_LIBRARIES})
+endif (APPLE OR STATIC)
+
 
 # CMake does not allow specifying a dependency chain which includes built-in
 # targets, like `install`, so we have to trick it and execute dependency ourselves.
diff --git a/CMakeLists_mingw.txt b/CMakeLists_mingw.txt
index d4817994d1..f633585f43 100644
--- a/CMakeLists_mingw.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists_mingw.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-SET(ACTUAL_SYSTEM ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME})
 SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Windows)
 
 SET(COMPILER_PREFIX i686-w64-mingw32)
@@ -8,17 +7,6 @@ SET(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER ${COMPILER_PREFIX}-windres)
 SET(CMAKE_PKGCONFIG_EXECUTABLE ${COMPILER_PREFIX}-pkg-config)
 SET(PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE ${COMPILER_PREFIX}-pkg-config)
 
-# potential flags to make code more similar to MSVC:
-#   -fshort-wchar -fshort-enums -mms-bitfields
-#
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-std=gnu99 -fpack-struct=1" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++0x -std=gnu++0x -fpack-struct=1" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-if(${ACTUAL_SYSTEM} MATCHES "Linux")
-    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-O3 -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -static -lpthread" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-else()
-    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-endif(${ACTUAL_SYSTEM} MATCHES "Linux")
-
 if(APPLE)
      SET(TARGET_ENVIRONMENT /usr/local/mingw-w32-bin_i686-darwin/i686-w64-mingw32)
 else()
diff --git a/src/platform/windows.c b/src/platform/windows.c
index e44a357f2b..d1443b762a 100644
--- a/src/platform/windows.c
+++ b/src/platform/windows.c
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ utf8 **windows_get_command_line_args(int *outNumArgs);
 //     return 0;
 // }
 
+/* DllMain is already defined in one of static libraries we implicitly depend
+ * on (libcrypto), which is their bug really, but since we don't do anything in
+ * here, just comment it out.
+ */
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 /**
  * Entry point for when the DLL is loaded. This will be removed when OpenRCT2 can be built as a stand alone application.
  */
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HANDLE hModule, DWORD dwReason, LPVOID lpReserved)
 {
 	return TRUE;
 }
+#endif // __MINGW32__
 
 /**
  * The function that is called directly from the host application (rct2.exe)'s WinMain. This will be removed when OpenRCT2 can