diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index f9a094c6..f8f00d4b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ mk/sysconf:
 
 static:
 	rm -f index/recollindex qtgui/recoll
+	cd lib; $(MAKE)
+	cd bincimapmime; $(MAKE)
 	cd index; $(MAKE) BSTATIC=-Wl,-Bstatic BDYNAMIC=-Wl,-Bdynamic
-	cd qtgui; $(MAKE) BSTATIC=-Wl,-Bstatic BDYNAMIC=-Wl,-Bdynamic
+	cd qtgui; qmake recoll.pro; $(MAKE) BSTATIC=-Wl,-Bstatic BDYNAMIC=-Wl,-Bdynamic
 
 clean:
 	cd common; $(MAKE) clean
diff --git a/src/makestaticdist.sh b/src/makestaticdist.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33c33f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/makestaticdist.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#set -x
+# A shell-script to make a recoll static binary distribution:
+
+TAR=/usr/bin/tar
+ 
+targetdir=${targetdir-/tmp}
+
+if test ! -d qtgui;then
+    echo "Should be executed in the master recoll directory"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+version=`cat VERSION`
+sys=`uname -s`
+sysrel=`uname -r`
+
+topdirsimple=recoll-${version}-${sys}-${sysrel}
+topdir=$targetdir/$topdirsimple
+
+tarfile=$targetdir/recoll-${version}-${sys}-${sysrel}.tgz
+
+if test ! -d $topdir ; then
+    mkdir $topdir || exit 1
+else 
+    echo "Removing everything under $topdir Ok ? (y/n)"
+    read rep 
+    if test $rep = 'y';then
+    	rm -rf $topdir/*
+    fi
+fi
+
+
+rm -f index/recollindex qtgui/recoll
+make static || exit 1
+strip index/recollindex qtgui/recoll
+
+files='COPYING README INSTALL installrecoll
+filters sampleconf 
+index/recollindex qtgui/recoll'
+
+$TAR chf - $files  | (cd $topdir; $TAR xf -)
+(cd $targetdir ; \
+    $TAR chf - $topdirsimple | \
+    	gzip > $tarfile)
+
+echo $tarfile created