diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cbb34b2..9dfc4c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/spirv-tools-1fbed83c8aab8517d821fcb4164c08567951938f.tar.gz
+/spirv-tools-*.tar.gz
 /SPIRV-Tools-sdk-1.3.216.0.tar.gz
 /SPIRV-Tools-sdk-1.3.224.0.tar.gz
 /SPIRV-Tools-sdk-1.3.239.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63fca29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# spirv-tools
+
+The spirv-tools package
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SPIRV-Tools_staticlib.patch b/SPIRV-Tools_staticlib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba3d0f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPIRV-Tools_staticlib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+--- SPIRV-Tools-5834719fc17d4735fce0102738b87b70255cfd5f/source/CMakeLists.txt
++++ SPIRV-Tools-5834719fc17d4735fce0102738b87b70255cfd5f-new/source/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
+   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/software_version.cpp
+   PROPERTIES OBJECT_DEPENDS "${SPIRV_TOOLS_BUILD_VERSION_INC}")
+ 
+-add_library(${SPIRV_TOOLS} ${SPIRV_SOURCES})
++add_library(${SPIRV_TOOLS} STATIC ${SPIRV_SOURCES})
+ spvtools_default_compile_options(${SPIRV_TOOLS})
+ target_include_directories(${SPIRV_TOOLS}
+   PUBLIC ${spirv-tools_SOURCE_DIR}/include
+
+--- SPIRV-Tools-5834719fc17d4735fce0102738b87b70255cfd5f/source/comp/CMakeLists.txt
++++ SPIRV-Tools-5834719fc17d4735fce0102738b87b70255cfd5f-new/source/comp/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
+ # limitations under the License.
+ 
+ if(SPIRV_BUILD_COMPRESSION)
+-  add_library(SPIRV-Tools-comp markv_codec.cpp)
++  add_library(SPIRV-Tools-comp STATIC markv_codec.cpp)
+ 
+   spvtools_default_compile_options(SPIRV-Tools-comp)
+   target_include_directories(SPIRV-Tools-comp
+
+--- SPIRV-Tools-5834719fc17d4735fce0102738b87b70255cfd5f/source/opt/CMakeLists.txt
++++ SPIRV-Tools-5834719fc17d4735fce0102738b87b70255cfd5f-new/source/opt/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
+ # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ # limitations under the License.
+-add_library(SPIRV-Tools-opt
++add_library(SPIRV-Tools-opt STATIC
+   aggressive_dead_code_elim_pass.h
+   basic_block.h
+   block_merge_pass.h
+--- SPIRV-Tools-5834719fc17d4735fce0102738b87b70255cfd5f/source/link/CMakeLists.txt
++++ SPIRV-Tools-5834719fc17d4735fce0102738b87b70255cfd5f-new/source/link/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
+ # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ # limitations under the License.
+-add_library(SPIRV-Tools-link
++add_library(SPIRV-Tools-link STATIC
+   linker.cpp
+ )
+ 
+