diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8c2ea0f..0707c6e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 project('sqlite-parquet-vtable', 'c', 'cpp', default_options:['c_std=c11', 'cpp_std=c++11'])
+arrow = dependency('arrow', version:'0.15.1')
 parquet = dependency('parquet', version: '1.5.1')
 sqlite = dependency('sqlite3', version: '>=3.21.0')
 icu = dependency('icu-i18n')
-shared_library('sqlite-parquet-vtable', 
-	dependencies:[parquet, sqlite, icu],
-	sources: ['src/parquet.cc', 'src/parquet_cursor.cc', 'src/parquet_filter.cc', 'src/parquet_table.cc']
+
+dependencies = [arrow, parquet, sqlite, icu]
+sources = ['src/parquet.cc', 'src/parquet_cursor.cc', 'src/parquet_filter.cc', 'src/parquet_table.cc']
+static_library('sqlite-parquet-vtable-static', 
+	dependencies: dependencies,
+	sources: sources 
+)
+shared_library('sqlite-parquet-vtable', 
+	dependencies: dependencies,
+	sources: sources 
 )