diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a230ac7a..e041504e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,25 @@ set(DWARFS_VERSION
 
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES
+    ".a"
+    CACHE STRING "please look for static libs")
+set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS
+    ON
+    CACHE BOOL "only static boost libs")
+set(BOOST_LINK_STATIC
+    "ON"
+    CACHE STRING "yes, really")
+set(USE_STATIC_DEPS_ON_UNIX
+    ON
+    CACHE BOOL "yes")
+set(GFLAGS_SHARED
+    OFF
+    CACHE BOOL "static")
+
+set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .a)
+list(APPEND PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE "--static")
+
 find_package(Boost 1.67 REQUIRED COMPONENTS date_time filesystem
                                             program_options system)
 
@@ -56,37 +75,39 @@ set(compiler_only
     ON
     CACHE BOOL "only build thrift compiler")
 
+set(FOLLY_HAVE_ELF OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+
 add_subdirectory(folly EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(fbthrift EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
 if(WITH_TESTS)
-  # Download and unpack googletest at configure time
-  configure_file(CMakeLists.txt.gtest googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt)
-  execute_process(
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" .
-    RESULT_VARIABLE result
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-download)
-  if(result)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "CMake step for googletest failed: ${result}")
-  endif()
-  execute_process(
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build .
-    RESULT_VARIABLE result
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-download)
-  if(result)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Build step for googletest failed: ${result}")
-  endif()
+  # # Download and unpack googletest at configure time
+  # configure_file(CMakeLists.txt.gtest googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt)
+  # execute_process(
+  #   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" .
+  #   RESULT_VARIABLE result
+  #   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-download)
+  # if(result)
+  #   message(FATAL_ERROR "CMake step for googletest failed: ${result}")
+  # endif()
+  # execute_process(
+  #   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build .
+  #   RESULT_VARIABLE result
+  #   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-download)
+  # if(result)
+  #   message(FATAL_ERROR "Build step for googletest failed: ${result}")
+  # endif()
 
-  # Prevent overriding the parent project's compiler/linker settings on Windows
-  set(gtest_force_shared_crt
-      ON
-      CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+  # # Prevent overriding the parent project's compiler/linker settings on Windows
+  # set(gtest_force_shared_crt
+  #     ON
+  #     CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 
-  # Add googletest directly to our build. This defines the gtest and gtest_main
-  # targets.
-  add_subdirectory(
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+  # # Add googletest directly to our build. This defines the gtest and gtest_main
+  # # targets.
+  # add_subdirectory(
+  #   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src
+  #   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
   enable_testing()
   include(GoogleTest)
@@ -129,6 +150,10 @@ add_executable(dwarfs-bin src/dwarfs.cpp)
 add_executable(dwarfsck src/dwarfsck.cpp)
 add_executable(dwarfsbench src/dwarfsbench.cpp)
 
+foreach(tgt mkdwarfs dwarfs-bin dwarfsck dwarfsbench)
+  target_link_options(${tgt} PRIVATE -static -static-libgcc)
+endforeach()
+
 list(APPEND BINARY_TARGETS mkdwarfs dwarfs-bin dwarfsck dwarfsbench)
 
 if(WITH_TESTS)
@@ -309,6 +334,7 @@ install(FILES ${MAN_PAGES} DESTINATION share/man/man1)
 install(DIRECTORY include/dwarfs DESTINATION include)
 
 set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "TBZ2")
+set(CPACK_GENERATOR "TXZ")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/include/dwarfs/fstypes.h b/include/dwarfs/fstypes.h
index 17c72ede..db045e7b 100644
--- a/include/dwarfs/fstypes.h
+++ b/include/dwarfs/fstypes.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 
-#include <bits/types/struct_iovec.h>
+#include <sys/uio.h>
 
 #include <folly/small_vector.h>
 
diff --git a/src/dwarfs/logger.cpp b/src/dwarfs/logger.cpp
index d4ffec9f..203f1375 100644
--- a/src/dwarfs/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/dwarfs/logger.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 
 #include <cxxabi.h>
-#include <execinfo.h>
+// #include <execinfo.h>
 
 #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
 
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ namespace dwarfs {
 
 namespace {
 
+#if 0
 void backtrace(std::ostream& os) {
   const int stack_size = 5;
   const int stack_offset = 2;
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ void backtrace(std::ostream& os) {
 
   ::free(strings);
 }
+#endif
+
 } // namespace
 
 logger::level_type logger::parse_level(std::string_view level) {
@@ -104,9 +107,9 @@ void stream_logger::write(level_type level, const std::string& output) {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mx_);
     os_ << t << " " << output << "\n";
 
-    if (threshold_ == TRACE) {
-      backtrace(os_);
-    }
+    // if (threshold_ == TRACE) {
+    //   backtrace(os_);
+    // }
   }
 }