diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 0a740d00b..0e2d97627 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, nix-bundle-exe, ... }:
     flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
       let
-        pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+        systemPkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+        # prefer musl on Linux, static glibc + threading does not work properly
+        # TODO: maybe only override it for echidna-redistributable?
+        pkgs = if systemPkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux then systemPkgs.pkgsMusl else systemPkgs;
         # this is not perfect for development as it hardcodes solc to 0.5.7, test suite runs fine though
         # would be great to integrate solc-select to be more flexible, improve this in future
         solc = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -38,6 +41,12 @@
           '';
         };
 
+        secp256k1-static = stripDylib (pkgs.secp256k1.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+          configureFlags = attrs.configureFlags ++ [ "--enable-static" ];
+        }));
+
+        ncurses-static = pkgs.ncurses.override { enableStatic = true; };
+
         hevm = pkgs.haskell.lib.dontCheck (
           pkgs.haskellPackages.callCabal2nix "hevm" (pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
             owner = "elopez";
@@ -55,12 +64,71 @@
             (haskell.lib.compose.addTestToolDepends [ haskellPackages.hpack slither-analyzer solc ])
             (haskell.lib.compose.disableCabalFlag "static")
           ]);
+
+        echidna-static = with pkgs; lib.pipe
+          echidna
+          [
+            (haskell.lib.compose.appendConfigureFlags
+              ([
+                "--extra-lib-dirs=${stripDylib (gmp.override { withStatic = true; })}/lib"
+                "--extra-lib-dirs=${stripDylib secp256k1-static}/lib"
+                "--extra-lib-dirs=${stripDylib (libff.override { enableStatic = true; })}/lib"
+                "--extra-lib-dirs=${zlib.static}/lib"
+                "--extra-lib-dirs=${stripDylib (libffi.overrideAttrs (_: { dontDisableStatic = true; }))}/lib"
+                "--extra-lib-dirs=${stripDylib (ncurses-static)}/lib"
+              ] ++ (if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then [
+                "--extra-lib-dirs=${stripDylib (libiconv.override { enableStatic = true; })}/lib"
+              ] else [])))
+            (haskell.lib.compose.enableCabalFlag "static")
+          ];
+
+        # "static" binary for distribution
+        # on linux this is actually a real fully static binary
+        # on macos this has everything except libcxx and libsystem
+        # statically linked. we can be confident that these three will always
+        # be provided in a well known location by macos itself.
+        echidnaRedistributable = let
+          grep = "${pkgs.gnugrep}/bin/grep";
+          perl = "${pkgs.perl}/bin/perl";
+          otool = "${pkgs.darwin.binutils.bintools}/bin/otool";
+          install_name_tool = "${pkgs.darwin.binutils.bintools}/bin/install_name_tool";
+          codesign_allocate = "${pkgs.darwin.binutils.bintools}/bin/codesign_allocate";
+          codesign = "${pkgs.darwin.sigtool}/bin/codesign";
+        in if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux
+        then pkgs.haskell.lib.dontCheck echidna-static
+        else pkgs.runCommand "echidna-stripNixRefs" {} ''
+          mkdir -p $out/bin
+          cp ${pkgs.haskell.lib.dontCheck echidna-static}/bin/echidna $out/bin/
+          # get the list of dynamic libs from otool and tidy the output
+          libs=$(${otool} -L $out/bin/echidna | tail -n +2 | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//' | cut -d' ' -f1)
+          # get the path for libcxx
+          cxx=$(echo "$libs" | ${grep} '^/nix/store/.*-libcxx')
+          # rewrite /nix/... library paths to point to /usr/lib
+          chmod 777 $out/bin/echidna
+          ${install_name_tool} -change "$cxx" /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib $out/bin/echidna
+          # fix TERMINFO path in ncurses
+          ${perl} -i -pe 's#(${ncurses-static}/share/terminfo)#"/usr/share/terminfo" . "\x0" x (length($1) - 19)#e' $out/bin/echidna
+          # re-sign binary
+          CODESIGN_ALLOCATE=${codesign_allocate} ${codesign} -f -s - $out/bin/echidna
+          chmod 555 $out/bin/echidna
+        '';
+
+        # if we pass a library folder to ghc via --extra-lib-dirs that contains
+        # only .a files, then ghc will link that library statically instead of
+        # dynamically (even if --enable-executable-static is not passed to cabal).
+        # we use this trick to force static linking of some libraries on macos.
+        stripDylib = drv : pkgs.runCommand "${drv.name}-strip-dylibs" {} ''
+          mkdir -p $out
+          mkdir -p $out/lib
+          cp -r ${drv}/* $out/
+          rm -rf $out/**/*.dylib
+        '';
+
       in rec {
         packages.echidna = echidna;
         packages.default = echidna;
 
-        packages.echidna-bundle =
-          pkgs.callPackage nix-bundle-exe {} (pkgs.haskell.lib.dontCheck echidna);
+        packages.echidna-redistributable = echidnaRedistributable;
 
         devShell = with pkgs;
           haskellPackages.shellFor {