diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 374b38ce08..5c69f49f04 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ before_install:
  - sudo apt-get install -qq libboost-all-dev libgtest-dev google-mock libzzip-dev
  - sudo apt-get install -qq libqt4-dev libxaw7-dev libxrandr-dev libfreeimage-dev libpng-dev
  - sudo apt-get install -qq libopenal-dev libmpg123-dev libsndfile1-dev
- - sudo apt-get install -qq libcg nvidia-cg-toolkit
  - sudo apt-get install -qq libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavdevice-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libpostproc-dev
- - sudo apt-get install -qq libois-dev libbullet-dev libogre-static-dev libmygui-static-dev
+ - sudo apt-get install -qq libbullet-dev libogre-static-dev libmygui-static-dev libsdl2-static-dev
  - sudo mkdir /usr/src/gtest/build
  - cd /usr/src/gtest/build
  - sudo cmake .. -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=1
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ before_script:
  - cd -
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
- - cmake .. -DOGRE_STATIC=1 -DMYGUI_STATIC=1 -DBUILD_WITH_CODE_COVERAGE=1 -DBUILD_UNITTESTS=1
+ - cmake .. -DOGRE_STATIC=1 -DMYGUI_STATIC=1 -DBOOST_STATIC=1 -DSDL2_STATIC=1 -DBUILD_WITH_CODE_COVERAGE=1 -DBUILD_UNITTESTS=1
 script:
  - make -j4
 after_script:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index df3b95eeed..ec8c7049b3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ configure_file ("${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/Docs/mainpage.hpp.cmake" "${OpenMW_SOURCE_
 option(MYGUI_STATIC "Link static build of Mygui into the binaries" FALSE)
 option(OGRE_STATIC  "Link static build of Ogre and Ogre Plugins into the binaries" FALSE)
 option(BOOST_STATIC "Link static build of Boost into the binaries" FALSE)
+option(SDL2_STATIC "Link static build of SDL into the binaries" FALSE)
 
 # Apps and tools
 option(BUILD_BSATOOL "build BSA extractor" OFF)
diff --git a/cmake/FindSDL2.cmake b/cmake/FindSDL2.cmake
index e0c7feea35..70e607a89f 100644
--- a/cmake/FindSDL2.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindSDL2.cmake
@@ -183,3 +183,11 @@ INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 
 FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(SDL2
                                   REQUIRED_VARS SDL2_LIBRARY SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+IF(SDL2_STATIC)
+  if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+    EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND sdl2-config --static-libs OUTPUT_VARIABLE SDL2_LINK_FLAGS)
+    STRING(REGEX REPLACE "(\r?\n)+$" "" SDL2_LINK_FLAGS "${SDL2_LINK_FLAGS}")
+    SET(SDL2_LIBRARY ${SDL2_LINK_FLAGS})
+  ENDIF()
+ENDIF(SDL2_STATIC)