diff --git a/config.nix b/config.nix
index 4689ca5..95b2b0e 100644
--- a/config.nix
+++ b/config.nix
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@
     mlPublicURL = "http://localhost:4000";
     listenProto = "tcp";
     listenAddr = ":4000";
+
+    # If empty then a derived static directory is used
+    staticProxyURL = "http://127.0.0.1:4002";
 }
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 93ba9d8..8d20c38 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     }) {},
 
     baseConfig ? import ./config.nix,
-    skipServices ? [],
+    baseSkipServices ? [],
 
 }: rec {
 
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
         redisListenPath = "${config.runDir}/redis";
     };
 
+    skipServices = baseSkipServices ++ (
+        if baseConfig.staticProxyURL == ""
+        then [ "static" ]
+        else []
+    );
+
     static = (import ./static) { inherit pkgs; };
 
     srv = pkgs.callPackage (import ./srv) {
@@ -53,6 +59,13 @@
         numprocesses = 1
     '';
 
+    staticCircusCfg = ''
+        [watcher:static]
+        cmd = ${static.serve}/bin/static-serve
+        numprocesses = 1
+        working_dir = ./static
+    '';
+
     circusCfg = pkgs.writeText "mediocre-blog-circusCfg" ''
         [circus]
         endpoint = tcp://127.0.0.1:0
@@ -61,6 +74,8 @@
         ${if (!builtins.elem "srv" skipServices) then srvCircusCfg else ""}
 
         ${if (!builtins.elem "redis" skipServices) then redisCircusCfg else ""}
+
+        ${if (!builtins.elem "static" skipServices) then staticCircusCfg else ""}
     '';
 
     entrypoint = pkgs.writeScript "mediocre-blog-entrypoint" ''
diff --git a/srv-dev-env.sh b/srv-dev-env.sh
index 2df9918..9d2ee87 100644
--- a/srv-dev-env.sh
+++ b/srv-dev-env.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ test_cfg="(import ./config.nix) // {
 
 entrypoint=$(nix-build --no-out-link -A entrypoint \
     --arg baseConfig "$test_cfg" \
-    --arg skipServices '["srv"]')
+    --arg baseSkipServices '["srv"]')
 
 $entrypoint &
 trap "kill $!; wait; rm -rf $test_dir" EXIT