diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index d52ca4e4b5..3cce818392 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ option('rootprefix', type : 'string', deprecated: true,
        description : '''This option is deprecated and will be removed in a future release''')
 option('link-udev-shared', type : 'boolean',
        description : 'link systemd-udevd and its helpers to libsystemd-shared.so')
+option('link-executor-shared', type : 'boolean',
+       description : 'link systemd-executor to libsystemd-shared.so and libsystemd-core.so')
 option('link-systemctl-shared', type: 'boolean',
        description : 'link systemctl against libsystemd-shared.so')
 option('link-networkd-shared', type: 'boolean',
diff --git a/src/core/meson.build b/src/core/meson.build
index 1ef31cc529..dbeb752977 100644
--- a/src/core/meson.build
+++ b/src/core/meson.build
@@ -156,6 +156,17 @@ systemd_executor_sources = files(
         'exec-invoke.c',
 )
 
+executor_libs = get_option('link-executor-shared') ? \
+        [
+                libcore,
+                libshared,
+        ] : [
+                libcore_static,
+                libshared_static,
+                libbasic_static,
+                libsystemd_static,
+        ]
+
 executables += [
         libexec_template + {
                 'name' : 'systemd',
@@ -173,10 +184,7 @@ executables += [
                 'public' : true,
                 'sources' : systemd_executor_sources,
                 'include_directories' : core_includes,
-                'link_with' : [
-                        libcore,
-                        libshared,
-                ],
+                'link_with' : executor_libs,
                 'dependencies' : [
                         libapparmor,
                         libpam,