diff --git a/linux/Makefile b/linux/Makefile
index fe83b989..626f2356 100644
--- a/linux/Makefile
+++ b/linux/Makefile
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ $(DOWNLOADS)/freetype/autogen.sh:
 # OpenAL
 openal: init_dirs libogg $(LIBDIR)/libopenal.a
 
-$(LIBDIR)/libOpenAL32.a: $(DOWNLOADS)/openal/cmakebuild/Makefile
+$(LIBDIR)/libopenal.a: $(DOWNLOADS)/openal/cmakebuild/Makefile
 	cd $(DOWNLOADS)/openal/cmakebuild; \
 	make -j$(NPROC); make install
 
diff --git a/linux/vars.sh b/linux/vars.sh
index 732757c9..09dee4d3 100755
--- a/linux/vars.sh
+++ b/linux/vars.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
-MKXPZ_PREFIX=$(shell gcc -dumpmachine | sed -r "s/(.+)-.+-.+/\1/")
+MKXPZ_PREFIX=$(gcc -dumpmachine | sed -r "s/(.+)-.+-.+/\1/")
 export LDFLAGS="-L$DIR/build-${MKXPZ_PREFIX}/lib -L$DIR/build-${MKXPZ_PREFIX}/bin"
 MKXPZ_OLD_PC=$(pkg-config --variable pc_path pkg-config)
 
 # Try to load the stuff we built first
-export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$DIR/build-${MKXPZ_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig:${MKXPZ_OLD_PC}"
+export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$DIR/build-${MKXPZ_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig:$DIR/build-${MKXPZ_PREFIX}/lib64/pkgconfig:${MKXPZ_OLD_PC}"
 export PATH="$DIR/build-${MKXPZ_PREFIX}/bin:$PATH"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$DIR/build-${MKXPZ_PREFIX}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 export MKXPZ_PREFIX="$DIR/build-${MKXPZ_PREFIX}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9b4308f2..3579d01d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ if get_option('force32') == true
 endif
 
 build_static = false
-if get_option('static_executable') == true and host_system == 'windows'
+if get_option('static_executable') == true # and host_system == 'windows'
     build_static = true
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 086ceab9..9b5a5e0b 100755
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ pixman = dependency('pixman-1', static: build_static)
 png = dependency('libpng', static: build_static)
 jpeg = dependency('libjpeg', static: build_static)
 zlib = dependency('zlib', static: build_static)
-bz2 = dependency('bzip2', static: build_static)
+
+if host_system == 'windows'
+    bz2 = dependency('bzip2', static: build_static)
+else
+    bz2 = compilers['cpp'].find_library('bz2')
+endif
 
 # If OpenSSL is present, you get HTTPS support
 if get_option('enable-https') == true
@@ -37,6 +42,11 @@ if host_system == 'windows'
 endif
 if build_static == true
     global_link_args += ['-Wl,-Bstatic', '-lgcc', '-lstdc++', '-lpthread', '-Wl,-Bdynamic']
+    if host_system == 'windows'
+        global_link_args += ['-Wl,-Bstatic', '-lgcc', '-lstdc++', '-lpthread', '-Wl,-Bdynamic']
+    else
+        global_link_args += ['-static-libgcc', '-static-libstdc++']
+    endif
     global_args += '-DAL_LIBTYPE_STATIC'
 endif
 
@@ -77,7 +87,9 @@ if get_option('shared_fluid') == true
     fluidsynth = dependency('fluidsynth', static: build_static)
     add_project_arguments('-DSHARED_FLUID', language: 'cpp')
     global_dependencies += fluidsynth
-    global_dependencies += compilers['cpp'].find_library('dsound')
+    if host_system == 'windows'
+        global_dependencies += compilers['cpp'].find_library('dsound')
+    endif
 endif
 
 if get_option('default_framerate') == true