diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a76ec4b..f97b102 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -271,6 +271,15 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a1d728cc89cf3aee9ff92b05e62b19ee65a02b5702cff7d5a377e32c6ae29d8d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cmake"
+version = "0.1.54"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e7caa3f9de89ddbe2c607f4101924c5abec803763ae9534e4f4d7d8f84aa81f0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -366,6 +375,21 @@ version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "460fbee9c2c2f33933d720630a6a0bac33ba7053db5344fac858d4b8952d77d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "curl-sys"
+version = "0.4.84+curl-8.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "abc4294dc41b882eaff37973c2ec3ae203d0091341ee68fbadd1d06e0c18a73b"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_more"
 version = "2.1.1"
@@ -672,14 +696,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.15.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hdf5-metno-src"
+version = "0.9.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "36b0303729f84fb0f2dc510d28b64cb716fb13e6a139a17e88db329123ecff82"
+dependencies = [
+ "cmake",
+ "libz-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hdf5-metno-sys"
 version = "0.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "de20d5ba22c244493bdfefb91d8e9de08e3e58d96a792532da5e0df545aed279"
 dependencies = [
+ "hdf5-metno-src",
  "libc",
  "libloading",
+ "libz-sys",
  "parking_lot",
  "pkg-config",
  "regex",
@@ -988,14 +1024,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "netcdf-src"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6b8f8b8de3fd6087519fa6a64bc314a2d034faf218557413f63ff299983fa9d8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cmake",
+ "hdf5-metno-sys",
+ "libz-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "netcdf-sys"
 version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6fb81047c7e146ae97620a1523e5fd136d53efb2c4aaaf34222fdacad8a5913c"
 dependencies = [
+ "curl-sys",
  "hdf5-metno-sys",
  "libz-sys",
+ "netcdf-src",
  "parking_lot",
  "semver",
 ]
@@ -1092,6 +1141,28 @@ version = "1.70.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "384b8ab6d37215f3c5301a95a4accb5d64aa607f1fcb26a11b5303878451b4fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-src"
+version = "300.5.1+3.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "735230c832b28c000e3bc117119e6466a663ec73506bc0a9907ea4187508e42a"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.111"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "82cab2d520aa75e3c58898289429321eb788c3106963d0dc886ec7a5f4adc321"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "openssl-src",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "option-ext"
 version = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0a4077f..3326bef 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ default = ["fortran", "python", "zarr"]
 fortran = []
 python = ["dep:pyo3"]
 zarr = ["dep:zarrs"]
+static = ["netcdf/static"]
 
 [dependencies]
 pyo3 = { version = "0.22", features = ["auto-initialize"], optional = true }