diff --git a/.github/workflows/everything.yml b/.github/workflows/everything.yml
index 46c01cf4f8..680f0c5e8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/everything.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/everything.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
       image: ghcr.io/ornladios/adios2:ci-spack-ubuntu20.04-${{ matrix.compiler }}
       options: --shm-size=1g
       env:
-        GH_YML_JOBNAME: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.gpu_backend }}${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ matrix.parallel }}
+        GH_YML_JOBNAME: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}${{ matrix.shared == 'static' && '-static' || ''}}-${{ matrix.parallel }}
         GH_YML_BASE_OS: Linux
         GH_YML_MATRIX_OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
         GH_YML_MATRIX_COMPILER: ${{ matrix.compiler }}
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu20.04]
         compiler: [gcc8, gcc9, gcc10, gcc11, clang6, clang10]
+        shared: [shared]
         parallel: [ompi]
         include:
           - os: ubuntu20.04
@@ -137,7 +138,16 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu20.04
             compiler: clang6
             parallel: serial
-
+          - os: ubuntu20.04
+            compiler: gcc8
+            shared: static
+            parallel: ompi
+            constrains: build_only
+          - os: ubuntu20.04
+            compiler: clang6
+            shared: static
+            parallel: ompi
+            constrains: build_only
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
@@ -174,6 +184,7 @@ jobs:
           path: .ccache
           key: ccache-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ matrix.parallel }}-${{ github.sha }}
       - name: Test
+        if: ${{ matrix.constrains != 'build_only' }}
         run: gha/scripts/ci/gh-actions/run.sh test
 
   linux_el8:
@@ -185,7 +196,7 @@ jobs:
       image: ghcr.io/ornladios/adios2:ci-el8-${{ matrix.compiler }}
       options: --shm-size=1g
       env:
-        GH_YML_JOBNAME: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.gpu_backend }}${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ matrix.parallel }}
+        GH_YML_JOBNAME: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ matrix.parallel }}
         GH_YML_BASE_OS: Linux
         GH_YML_MATRIX_OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
         GH_YML_MATRIX_COMPILER: ${{ matrix.compiler }}
diff --git a/scripts/ci/cmake/ci-ubuntu20.04-clang6-static-ompi.cmake b/scripts/ci/cmake/ci-ubuntu20.04-clang6-static-ompi.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce9699c794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/cmake/ci-ubuntu20.04-clang6-static-ompi.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+include(ProcessorCount)
+ProcessorCount(NCPUS)
+math(EXPR N2CPUS "${NCPUS}*2")
+
+set(ENV{CC}  clang-6.0)
+set(ENV{CXX} clang++-6.0)
+set(ENV{FC}  gfortran-11)
+
+execute_process(
+  COMMAND "python3-config" "--prefix"
+  OUTPUT_VARIABLE PY_ROOT
+  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+set(dashboard_cache "
+BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+BUILD_TESTING=OFF
+ADIOS2_USE_BZip2:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_Blosc:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_DataMan:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_Fortran:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_HDF5:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_MPI:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_Python:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_SZ:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_ZeroMQ:STRING=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_ZFP:BOOL=ON
+
+Python_ROOT_DIR:PATH=${PY_ROOT}
+Python_FIND_STRATEGY:STRING=LOCATION
+Python_FIND_FRAMEWORK:STRING=FIRST
+
+CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
+CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
+CMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING=-Wall
+CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=-Wall
+CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS:STRING=-Wall
+
+MPIEXEC_EXTRA_FLAGS:STRING=--allow-run-as-root --oversubscribe
+MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS:STRING=${N2CPUS}
+")
+
+set(CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR "Ninja")
+list(APPEND CTEST_UPDATE_NOTES_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}")
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/ci-common.cmake)
diff --git a/scripts/ci/cmake/ci-ubuntu20.04-gcc8-static-ompi.cmake b/scripts/ci/cmake/ci-ubuntu20.04-gcc8-static-ompi.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40ba13974d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/cmake/ci-ubuntu20.04-gcc8-static-ompi.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+include(ProcessorCount)
+ProcessorCount(NCPUS)
+math(EXPR N2CPUS "${NCPUS}*2")
+
+set(ENV{CC}  gcc)
+set(ENV{CXX} g++)
+set(ENV{FC}  gfortran)
+
+execute_process(
+  COMMAND "python3-config" "--prefix"
+  OUTPUT_VARIABLE PY_ROOT
+  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+set(dashboard_cache "
+BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+BUILD_TESTING=OFF
+ADIOS2_USE_BZip2:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_Blosc:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_DataMan:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_Fortran:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_HDF5:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_MPI:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_Python:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_SZ:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_ZeroMQ:STRING=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_ZFP:BOOL=ON
+
+Python_ROOT_DIR:PATH=${PY_ROOT}
+Python_FIND_STRATEGY:STRING=LOCATION
+Python_FIND_FRAMEWORK:STRING=FIRST
+
+CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
+CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
+CMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING=-Wall
+CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=-Wall
+CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS:STRING=-Wall
+
+MPIEXEC_EXTRA_FLAGS:STRING=--allow-run-as-root --oversubscribe
+MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS:STRING=${N2CPUS}
+")
+
+set(CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR "Ninja")
+list(APPEND CTEST_UPDATE_NOTES_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}")
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/ci-common.cmake)