diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5c856e6a2d2657..2d466da7859822 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ v8:
 	tools/make-v8.sh
 	$(MAKE) -C deps/v8 $(V8_ARCH).$(BUILDTYPE_LOWER) $(V8_BUILD_OPTIONS)
 
+ifeq ($(NODE_TARGET_TYPE),static_library)
+test: all
+	$(MAKE) cctest
+else
 test: all
 	$(MAKE) build-addons
 	$(MAKE) build-addons-napi
@@ -200,6 +204,7 @@ test: all
 		$(CI_JS_SUITES) \
 		$(CI_NATIVE_SUITES)
 	$(MAKE) lint
+endif
 
 test-parallel: all
 	$(PYTHON) tools/test.py --mode=release parallel -J
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 44ec5d2c472ed6..af70fd97d181d0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1408,6 +1408,8 @@ config = {
   'BUILDTYPE': 'Debug' if options.debug else 'Release',
   'USE_XCODE': str(int(options.use_xcode or 0)),
   'PYTHON': sys.executable,
+  'NODE_TARGET_TYPE': variables['node_target_type'] if options.enable_static \
+      else '',
 }
 
 if options.prefix:
diff --git a/vcbuild.bat b/vcbuild.bat
index fdfee1d8b01568..8073a40bef521a 100644
--- a/vcbuild.bat
+++ b/vcbuild.bat
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ if /i "%1"=="download-all"  set download_arg="--download=all"&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="ignore-flaky"  set test_args=%test_args% --flaky-tests=dontcare&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="enable-vtune"  set enable_vtune_arg=1&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="dll"           set dll=1&goto arg-ok
-if /i "%1"=="static"           set enable_static=1&goto arg-ok
+if /i "%1"=="static"        set enable_static=1&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="no-NODE-OPTIONS"	set no_NODE_OPTIONS=1&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="debug-http2"   set debug_http2=1&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="debug-nghttp2" set debug_nghttp2=1&goto arg-ok
@@ -445,8 +445,9 @@ if "%config%"=="Debug" set test_args=--mode=debug %test_args%
 if "%config%"=="Release" set test_args=--mode=release %test_args%
 echo running 'cctest %cctest_args%'
 "%config%\cctest" %cctest_args%
+REM when building a static library there's no binary to run tests
+if defined enable_static goto test-v8
 call :run-python tools\test.py %test_args%
-goto test-v8
 
 :test-v8
 if not defined custom_v8_test goto cpplint
@@ -494,6 +495,7 @@ set "localcppfilelist=%localcppfilelist% %1"
 goto exit
 
 :jslint
+if defined enable_static goto exit
 if defined jslint_ci goto jslint-ci
 if not defined jslint goto exit
 if not exist tools\eslint\bin\eslint.js goto no-lint