diff --git a/dependencies.py b/dependencies.py
index b22ce2e..606bd75 100644
--- a/dependencies.py
+++ b/dependencies.py
@@ -143,12 +143,34 @@ class CTPP2(Dependency):
                    "ctpp2_mingw32.patch",
                    "ctpp2_dll_export_VMExecutable.patch",
                    "ctpp2_win_install_lib_in_lib_dir.patch",
-                   "ctpp2_iconv_support.patch"]
+                   "ctpp2_iconv_support.patch",
+                   "ctpp2_compile_ctpp2c_static.patch",
+                  ]
 
     class Builder(CMakeBuilder):
         configure_option = "-DMD5_SUPPORT=OFF"
 
 
+class CTPP2C(CTPP2):
+    name = "ctpp2c"
+    force_native_build = True
+
+    class Builder(CTPP2.Builder):
+        make_target = "ctpp2c"
+
+        @property
+        def build_path(self):
+            return super().build_path+"_native"
+
+        def _install(self, context):
+            context.try_skip(self.build_path)
+            command = "cp {ctpp2c}* {install_dir}".format(
+                ctpp2c=pj(self.build_path, 'ctpp2c'),
+                install_dir=pj(self.buildEnv.install_dir, 'bin')
+            )
+            self.buildEnv.run_command(command, self.build_path, context)
+
+
 class Pugixml(Dependency):
     name = "pugixml"
     version = "1.2"
@@ -272,7 +294,7 @@ class Kiwixlib(Dependency):
     def dependencies(self):
         base_dependencies = ["pugixml", "libzim", "zlib", "lzma"]
         if self.buildEnv.platform_info.build != 'android':
-            base_dependencies += ['ctpp2']
+            base_dependencies += ['ctpp2', 'ctpp2c']
         if self.buildEnv.platform_info.build != 'native':
             return base_dependencies + ["icu4c_cross-compile"]
         else:
diff --git a/patches/ctpp2_compile_ctpp2c_static.patch b/patches/ctpp2_compile_ctpp2c_static.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..398d306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ctpp2_compile_ctpp2c_static.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -u ctpp2-2.8.3/CMakeLists.txt ctpp2-2.8.3-static/CMakeLists.txt
+--- ctpp2-2.8.3/CMakeLists.txt	2017-07-12 11:53:28.656535071 +0200
++++ ctpp2-2.8.3-static/CMakeLists.txt	2017-07-12 11:52:15.358692988 +0200
+@@ -464,7 +464,8 @@
+ 
+ # CTPP Compiler
+ ADD_EXECUTABLE(ctpp2c                       tests/CTPP2Compiler.cpp)
+-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ctpp2c                ctpp2)
++TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ctpp2c                ctpp2-static)
++TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ctpp2c                "-static")
+ 
+ # CTPP2 Interpreter
+ ADD_EXECUTABLE(ctpp2i                       tests/CTPP2Interpreter.cpp)