diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 52bc176..0b12bee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 example
 example.o
-murmur3.o
+murmur3*.o
 test.o
 tests
+libmurmur3*.a
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index ec2974f..04d67d6 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CFLAGS = -O3 -Wall
 
-.PHONY: all clean tests
+.PHONY: all clean tests static
 
 all: example
 example: example.o murmur3.o
@@ -12,5 +12,17 @@ shared: murmur3.c murmur3.h
 	$(CC) -fPIC -O3 -c murmur3.c
 	$(CC) -shared -Wl,--export-dynamic murmur3.o -o libmurmur3.so
 
+static: murmur3.c murmur3.h
+	$(CC) -fPIC -O3 -c murmur3.c
+	$(AR) rcs libmurmur3.a murmur3.o
+
+# Create macOS Architecture Specific Binaries 
+static_macos: murmur3.c murmur3.h
+	$(CC) -fPIC -O3 -c murmur3.c -target x86_64-apple-macos10.12 -o murmur3-x86_64.o
+	$(CC) -fPIC -O3 -c murmur3.c -target arm64-apple-macos11 -o murmur3-arm64.o
+	$(AR) rcs libmurmur3-x86_64.a murmur3-x86_64.o
+	$(AR) rcs libmurmur3-arm64.a murmur3-arm64.o
+	lipo -create -output libmurmur3.a libmurmur3-x86_64.a libmurmur3-arm64.a
+	
 clean:
-	rm -rf example *.o *.so
+	rm -rf example *.o *.so *.a