diff --git a/gen_cmdline.sh b/gen_cmdline.sh
index 9d4bdf4..f8d2854 100755
--- a/gen_cmdline.sh
+++ b/gen_cmdline.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ longusage() {
   echo "	--no-devfs		Disable devfs support"
   echo "	--callback=<...>	Run the specified arguments after the"
   echo "				kernel and modules have been compiled"
+  echo "	--static		Build a static (monolithic kernel)."
   echo "  Kernel settings"
   echo "	--kerneldir=<dir>	Location of the kernel sources"
   echo "	--kernel-config=<file>	Kernel configuration file to use for compilation"
@@ -354,6 +355,10 @@ parse_cmdline() {
 		      CMD_CALLBACK=`parse_opt "$*"`
 		      print_info 2 "CMD_CALLBACK: $CMD_CALLBACK/$*"
 	      ;;
+	      --static)
+		      CMD_STATIC=1
+		      print_info 2 "CMD_STATIC: $CMD_STATIC"
+	      ;;
 	      --tempdir=*)
 		      TEMP=`parse_opt "$*"`
 		      print_info 2 "TEMP: $TEMP"
diff --git a/gen_determineargs.sh b/gen_determineargs.sh
index 5beff0d..f4db5ad 100644
--- a/gen_determineargs.sh
+++ b/gen_determineargs.sh
@@ -298,6 +298,18 @@ determine_real_args() {
 		MOUNTBOOT=0
 	fi
 
+	if [ "${CMD_STATIC}" != '' ]
+	then
+		BUILD_STATIC=${CMD_STATIC}
+	fi
+
+	if isTrue ${BUILD_STATIC}
+	then
+		BUILD_STATIC=1
+	else
+		BUILD_STATIC=0
+	fi
+
 	if [ "${CMD_SAVE_CONFIG}" != '' ]
 	then
 		SAVE_CONFIG="${CMD_SAVE_CONFIG}"
diff --git a/genkernel b/genkernel
index 5b67f11..e4f5dfe 100755
--- a/genkernel
+++ b/genkernel
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ then
 	[ "${GENERATE_Z_IMAGE}" = '' -a "${MIPS_EMBEDDED_IMAGE}" = '' ] && compile_kernel
 
 	# Compile modules
-	if [ ${BUILD_MODULES} -eq 1 ]
+	if [ ${BUILD_MODULES} -eq 1 -a ${BUILD_STATIC} -eq 0 ]
 	then
 		compile_modules
 	fi
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "${KERNCACHE}" != "" -a "${KERNCACHE_IS_VALID}" != "0" ] 
 then
-	gen_kerncache_extract_modules
+	[ ${BUILD_STATIC} -eq 0 ] && gen_kerncache_extract_modules
 	gen_kerncache_extract_config
 fi
 
@@ -293,9 +293,9 @@ then
 		if [ "${KERN_24}" != '1' ]
 		then
 			# Compile module-init-tools
-			compile_module_init_tools
+			[ ${BUILD_STATIC} -eq 0 ] && compile_module_init_tools
 		else
-			compile_modutils
+			[ ${BUILD_STATIC} -eq 0 ] && compile_modutils
 		fi
 	fi