diff --git a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
index 1eedbcb801f..56e80431752 100644
--- a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
+++ b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
@@ -337,6 +337,21 @@ private fun selectNativeLanguage(config: Properties): Language {
             error("Unexpected language '$language'. Possible values are: ${languages.keys.joinToString { "'$it'" }}")
 }
 
+private fun resolveLibraries(staticLibraries: List<String>, libraryPaths: List<String>) {
+    val result = mutableListOf<String>()
+    println("libs = $staticLibraries")
+    println("paths = $libraryPaths")
+    staticLibraries.forEach { library ->
+        libraryPaths.forEach forEachPath@ {   path ->
+            val combined = "$path/$library"
+            if (File(combined).exists()) {
+                result.add(combined)
+                return@forEachPath
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    println("result = $result")
+}
 
 private fun processLib(konanHome: String,
                        substitutions: Map<String, String>,
@@ -403,6 +418,9 @@ private fun processLib(konanHome: String,
             config.getSpaceSeparated("linkerOpts").toTypedArray() + defaultOpts + additionalLinkerOpts
     val linker = args["-linker"]?.atMostOne() ?: config.getProperty("linker") ?: "clang"
     val excludedFunctions = config.getSpaceSeparated("excludedFunctions").toSet()
+    val staticLibraries = config.getSpaceSeparated("staticLibraries") + args["staticLibrary"].orEmpty()
+    val libraryPath = args["-libraryPath"]
+    val resolvedStaticLibraries = resolveLibraries(staticLibraries, libraryPath.orEmpty())
 
     val fqParts = (args["-pkg"]?.atMostOne() ?: config.getProperty("package"))?.let {
         it.split('.')
diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/LinkStage.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/LinkStage.kt
index 380d8a22b0a..084cfc6dc1c 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/LinkStage.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/LinkStage.kt
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ internal abstract class PlatformFlags(val properties: KonanProperties) {
         = properties.targetString(name)!!
     protected fun propertyTargetList(name: String)
         = properties.targetList(name)
+
+    abstract fun filterStaticLibraries(binaries: List<String>): List<String> 
+
+    open fun linkStaticLibraries(binaries: List<String>): List<String> {
+        val libraries = filterStaticLibraries(binaries)
+        // Let's just pass them as absolute paths
+        return libraries
+    }
+
 }
 
 
@@ -65,6 +74,9 @@ internal open class AndroidPlatform(distribution: Distribution)
 
     override val useCompilerDriverAsLinker: Boolean get() = true
 
+    override fun filterStaticLibraries(binaries: List<String>) 
+        = binaries.filter { it.isUnixStaticLib }
+
     override fun linkCommand(objectFiles: List<ObjectFile>, executable: ExecutableFile, optimize: Boolean, debug: Boolean): List<String> {
         return mutableListOf(clang).apply{
             add("-o")
@@ -93,6 +105,9 @@ internal open class MacOSBasedPlatform(distribution: Distribution)
                 propertyTargetString("osVersionMin") + ".0")
     }
 
+    override fun filterStaticLibraries(binaries: List<String>) 
+        = binaries.filter { it.isUnixStaticLib }
+
     override fun linkCommand(objectFiles: List<ObjectFile>, executable: ExecutableFile, optimize: Boolean, debug: Boolean): List<String> {
         return mutableListOf(linker).apply {
             add("-demangle")
@@ -124,6 +139,9 @@ internal open class LinuxBasedPlatform(distribution: Distribution)
     private val specificLibs
         = propertyTargetList("abiSpecificLibraries").map{it -> "-L${targetSysRoot}/$it"}
 
+    override fun filterStaticLibraries(binaries: List<String>) 
+        = binaries.filter { it.isUnixStaticLib }
+
     override fun linkCommand(objectFiles: List<ObjectFile>, executable: ExecutableFile, optimize: Boolean, debug: Boolean): List<String> {
         // TODO: Can we extract more to the konan.properties?
         return mutableListOf(linker).apply {
@@ -157,6 +175,9 @@ internal open class MingwPlatform(distribution: Distribution)
 
     override val useCompilerDriverAsLinker: Boolean get() = true
 
+    override fun filterStaticLibraries(binaries: List<String>) 
+        = binaries.filter { it.isWindowsStaticLib || it.isUnixStaticLib }
+
     override fun linkCommand(objectFiles: List<ObjectFile>, executable: ExecutableFile, optimize: Boolean, debug: Boolean): List<String> {
         return mutableListOf(linker).apply {
             addAll(listOf("-o", executable))
@@ -176,6 +197,9 @@ internal open class WasmPlatform(distribution: Distribution)
 
     override val useCompilerDriverAsLinker: Boolean get() = false
 
+    override fun filterStaticLibraries(binaries: List<String>) 
+        = emptyList<String>()
+
     override fun linkCommand(objectFiles: List<ObjectFile>, executable: ExecutableFile, optimize: Boolean, debug: Boolean): List<String> {
 
         //No link stage for WASM yet, just give '.wasm' as output.
@@ -300,6 +324,7 @@ internal class LinkStage(val context: Context) {
                 asLinkerArgs(config.getNotNull(KonanConfigKeys.LINKER_ARGS)) +
                 entryPointSelector +
                 platform.linkCommandSuffix() +
+                platform.linkStaticLibraries(includedBinaries) +
                 libraryProvidedLinkerFlags
 
         try {
@@ -319,9 +344,6 @@ internal class LinkStage(val context: Context) {
         return executable
     }
 
-    private val String.isJavaScript 
-        get() = this.endsWith(".js")
-
     private fun JavaScriptLinker(jsFiles: List<String>, executable: String): String {
         val linkedJavaScript = File("$executable.js")
         linkedJavaScript.writeBytes(ByteArray(0));
diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/library/impl/KonanLibraryWriterImpl.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/library/impl/KonanLibraryWriterImpl.kt
index 7b7ef78ce0a..b0650f8d1c0 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/library/impl/KonanLibraryWriterImpl.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/library/impl/KonanLibraryWriterImpl.kt
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ class LibraryWriterImpl(override val libDir: File, currentAbiVersion: Int,
     override fun addManifestAddend(path: String) {
         val properties = File(path).loadProperties()
         manifestProperties.putAll(properties)
-        println("manifest addend: ${properties.stringPropertyNames().joinToString(" ")}")
     }
 
     override fun addEscapeAnalysis(escapeAnalysis: ByteArray) {