diff --git a/binding/meson.build b/binding/meson.build
index 3edb0365..e6959457 100644
--- a/binding/meson.build
+++ b/binding/meson.build
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ if ver.version_compare('>1.8') == true
     binding_dependencies += dependency('ruby-' + ver)
 else
     lib = get_option('ruby_lib')
-    binding_dependencies += meson.get_compiler('cpp').find_library(lib)
+    binding_dependencies += compiler.find_library(lib)
     if host_system == 'windows'
         if lib.endswith('-static')
-            binding_dependencies += meson.get_compiler('cpp').find_library('wsock32')
+            binding_dependencies += compiler.find_library('wsock32')
         endif
     else
-        binding_dependencies += meson.get_compiler('cpp').find_library('dl')
+        binding_dependencies += compiler.find_library('dl')
     endif
     add_project_arguments('-DOLD_RUBY', language: 'cpp')
 endif
diff --git a/binding/minidl-binding.cpp b/binding/minidl-binding.cpp
index 39d14911..b65cc6a9 100644
--- a/binding/minidl-binding.cpp
+++ b/binding/minidl-binding.cpp
@@ -2,20 +2,7 @@
 // it's just as basic but should work fine for the moment
 
 #include <ruby/ruby.h>
-
-#ifdef __WIN32__
-
-#include <windows.h>
-#define LIBHANDLE HINSTANCE
-#define FUNCHANDLE HANDLE
-
-#else
-
-#include <dlfcn.h>
-#define LIBHANDLE void*
-#define FUNCHANDLE void*
-
-#endif
+#include <SDL.h>
 
 #define _T_VOID     0
 #define _T_NUMBER   1
@@ -24,44 +11,10 @@
 
 typedef void* (*MINIDL_FUNC)(...);
 
-static void
-dl_freelib(LIBHANDLE lib)
-{
-#ifdef __WIN32__
-    FreeLibrary(lib);
-#else
-    dlclose(lib);
-#endif
-}
-
-static LIBHANDLE
-dl_loadlib(const char *filename)
-{
-    LIBHANDLE ret;
-#ifdef __WIN32__
-    ret = LoadLibrary(filename);
-#else
-    ret = dlopen(filename, RTLD_NOW);
-#endif
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static FUNCHANDLE
-dl_getfunc(LIBHANDLE lib, const char *filename)
-{
-    FUNCHANDLE ret;
-#ifdef __WIN32__
-    ret = (FUNCHANDLE)GetProcAddress(lib, filename);
-#else
-    ret = dlsym(lib, filename);
-#endif
-    return ret;
-}
-
 static VALUE
 MiniDL_alloc(VALUE self)
 {
-    return Data_Wrap_Struct(self, 0, dl_freelib, 0);
+    return Data_Wrap_Struct(self, 0, SDL_UnloadObject, 0);
 }
 
 static VALUE
@@ -71,22 +24,22 @@ MiniDL_initialize(VALUE self, VALUE libname, VALUE func, VALUE imports, VALUE ex
     SafeStringValue(func);
 
 
-    LIBHANDLE hlib = dl_loadlib(RSTRING_PTR(libname));
+    void *hlib = SDL_LoadObject(RSTRING_PTR(libname));
     if (!hlib)
-        rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Failed to load library %s", RSTRING_PTR(libname));
+        rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Failed to load library %s: %s", RSTRING_PTR(libname), SDL_GetError());
     DATA_PTR(self) = hlib;
 
-    FUNCHANDLE hfunc = dl_getfunc(hlib, RSTRING_PTR(func));
+    void *hfunc = SDL_LoadFunction(hlib, RSTRING_PTR(func));
 #ifdef __WIN32__
     if (!hfunc)
         {
             VALUE func_a = rb_str_new3(func);
             func_a = rb_str_cat(func_a, "A", 1);
-            hfunc = dl_getfunc(hlib, RSTRING_PTR(func_a));
+            hfunc = SDL_LoadFunction(hlib, RSTRING_PTR(func_a));
         }
 #endif
     if (!hfunc)
-        rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Failed to find function %s within %s", RSTRING_PTR(func), RSTRING_PTR(libname));
+        rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Failed to find function %s within %s: %s", RSTRING_PTR(func), RSTRING_PTR(libname), SDL_GetError());
     
 
     rb_iv_set(self, "_func", OFFT2NUM((unsigned long)hfunc));
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e962ad43..e0503734 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ project('mkxp-z', 'cpp', version: '1.0')
 
 xxd = find_program('xxd')
 host_system = host_machine.system()
+compiler = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+static = get_option('static')
 
 if get_option('workdir_current') == true
     add_project_arguments('-DWORKDIR_CURRENT', language: 'cpp')
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ elif host_system == 'darwin'
     endif
 endif
 
+if static == true and host_system != 'darwin'
+    add_project_link_arguments('--static', 'cpp')
+endif
+
 executable(meson.project_name(),
     sources: all_sources,
     dependencies: [main_dependencies, binding_dependencies],
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 915dbe41..48096994 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 option('shared_fluid', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Dynamically link fluidsynth at build time')
 option('mri_version', type: 'string', value: '1.8', description: 'Version of MRI to link with')
 option('workdir_current', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Keep current directory on startup')
-option('ruby_lib', type: 'string', value: 'ruby', description: 'Name of legacy Ruby library')
\ No newline at end of file
+option('ruby_lib', type: 'string', value: 'ruby', description: 'Name of legacy Ruby library')
+
+option('static', type: 'boolean', value: 'false', description: 'Statically link as many libraries as possible')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 5231123d..d2c9ed14 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ zlib = dependency('zlib')
 main_dependencies = [sigcxx, openal, boost, zlib, pixman, physfs, vorbisfile, sdl2, sdl2_ttf, sdl2_image, sdl_sound]
 
 if host_system == 'darwin'
-    main_dependencies += meson.get_compiler('cpp').find_library('iconv')
+    main_dependencies += compiler.find_library('iconv')
 
     if openal.type_name() != 'pkgconfig'
     add_project_arguments('-DUSE_MAC_OPENAL', language: 'cpp')