diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 5f68a1ed..db37208d 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ builds:
       - goos: freebsd
         goarch: 386
     ldflags:
-      - -s -w -X github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/internal/version.commit={{.Commit}}
+      - -s -w -extldflags '-static' -X github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/internal/version.commit={{.Commit}}
 
   # Full lefthook binary
   - id: lefthook
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ builds:
       - goos: freebsd
         goarch: 386
     ldflags:
-      - -s -w -X github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/internal/version.commit={{.Commit}}
+      - -s -w -extldflags '-static' -X github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/internal/version.commit={{.Commit}}
 
 archives:
   - id: lefthook
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e73c1409..192170d6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 COMMIT_HASH = $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
 
 build:
-	go build -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/internal/version.commit=$(COMMIT_HASH)" -o lefthook
+	go build -ldflags "-s -w -extldflags '-static' -X github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/internal/version.commit=$(COMMIT_HASH)" -o lefthook
 
 build-with-coverage:
-	go build -cover -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/internal/version.commit=$(COMMIT_HASH)" -o lefthook
+	go build -cover -ldflags "-s -w extldflags '-static' -X github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/internal/version.commit=$(COMMIT_HASH)" -o lefthook
 
 install: build
 	cp lefthook $$(go env GOPATH)/bin