--- a/meson.build	2020-08-13 03:50:03.606642200 +0000
+++ b/meson.build	2020-10-06 05:12:31.020000000 +0000
@@ -418,6 +418,16 @@
 				 dir_lib, lib_libinput.full_path())
 endif
 
+lib_libinput_static = static_library('input',
+		src_libinput,
+		include_directories : [include_directories('.'), includes_include],
+		dependencies : deps_libinput,
+		version : libinput_so_version,
+		link_args : version_flag,
+		link_depends : mapfile,
+		install : true
+		)
+
 ############ documentation ############
 
 if get_option('documentation')