diff --git a/template.cmake b/template.cmake
index f7e694b..b934f9e 100644
--- a/template.cmake
+++ b/template.cmake
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ else()
 	set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${LIB_RELEASE_PATH}) #for SHARED
 
 	list(APPEND LIB_PATHS ${LIB_RELEASE_PATH})
+
+        add_definitions(-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
 endif()
 
 #create library and executable
@@ -370,6 +372,11 @@ include_directories(
     ${EXTRA_INCLUDES}
 )
 
+if(UNIX)
+	# -ldl seems to be required for linux executables
+	LIST(APPEND LIB_DEPENDENCIES_LIST dl)
+endif()
+
 if(LIB_SRC_LIST)
 	target_link_libraries(
 		${LIBRARY_NAME}