diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/windows-arm64.yaml
index a6d2a96da..105260ce2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-arm64.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest]
-        shared_lib: [ON]
+        shared_lib: [ON, OFF]
         with_tts: [ON, OFF]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime-win-arm64-static.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime-win-arm64-static.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ebbfc29a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime-win-arm64-static.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Copyright (c)  2022-2023  Xiaomi Corporation
+message(STATUS "CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME: ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
+message(STATUS "CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR: ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
+message(STATUS "CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME: ${CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME}")
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Windows)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "This file is for Windows only. Given: ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT (CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME STREQUAL ARM64 OR CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME STREQUAL arm64))
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "This file is for Windows arm64 only. Given: ${CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME}")
+endif()
+
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "This file is for building static libraries. BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL Release)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "This file is for building a release version on Windows arm64")
+endif()
+
+set(onnxruntime_URL  "https://github.com/csukuangfj/onnxruntime-libs/releases/download/v1.17.1/onnxruntime-win-arm64-static_lib-1.17.1.tar.bz2")
+set(onnxruntime_URL2 "https://hf-mirror.com/csukuangfj/onnxruntime-libs/resolve/main/onnxruntime-win-arm64-static_lib-1.17.1.tar.bz2")
+set(onnxruntime_HASH "SHA256=534ab5bb8b5495ce45fed866cf3ec9034f89f2057a0152e49120b1088003a17e")
+
+# If you don't have access to the Internet,
+# please download onnxruntime to one of the following locations.
+# You can add more if you want.
+set(possible_file_locations
+  $ENV{HOME}/Downloads/onnxruntime-win-arm64-static_lib-1.17.1.tar.bz2
+  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/onnxruntime-win-arm64-static_lib-1.17.1.tar.bz2
+  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/onnxruntime-win-arm64-static_lib-1.17.1.tar.bz2
+  /tmp/onnxruntime-win-arm64-static_lib-1.17.1.tar.bz2
+)
+
+foreach(f IN LISTS possible_file_locations)
+  if(EXISTS ${f})
+    set(onnxruntime_URL  "${f}")
+    file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${onnxruntime_URL}" onnxruntime_URL)
+    message(STATUS "Found local downloaded onnxruntime: ${onnxruntime_URL}")
+    set(onnxruntime_URL2)
+    break()
+  endif()
+endforeach()
+
+FetchContent_Declare(onnxruntime
+  URL
+    ${onnxruntime_URL}
+    ${onnxruntime_URL2}
+  URL_HASH          ${onnxruntime_HASH}
+)
+
+FetchContent_GetProperties(onnxruntime)
+if(NOT onnxruntime_POPULATED)
+  message(STATUS "Downloading onnxruntime from ${onnxruntime_URL}")
+  FetchContent_Populate(onnxruntime)
+endif()
+message(STATUS "onnxruntime is downloaded to ${onnxruntime_SOURCE_DIR}")
+
+# for static libraries, we use onnxruntime_lib_files directly below
+include_directories(${onnxruntime_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
+
+file(GLOB onnxruntime_lib_files "${onnxruntime_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/*.lib")
+
+set(onnxruntime_lib_files ${onnxruntime_lib_files} PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+message(STATUS "onnxruntime lib files: ${onnxruntime_lib_files}")
+if(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_PYTHON)
+  install(FILES ${onnxruntime_lib_files} DESTINATION ..)
+else()
+  install(FILES ${onnxruntime_lib_files} DESTINATION lib)
+endif()
diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime.cmake
index 8453b96bd..14b47bd21 100644
--- a/cmake/onnxruntime.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime.cmake
@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@ function(download_onnxruntime)
       endif()
     elseif(CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME STREQUAL ARM64 OR CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME STREQUAL arm64)
       # for 64-bit windows (arm64)
-      if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Please pass -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON to cmake")
+      if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+        include(onnxruntime-win-arm64)
+      else()
+        include(onnxruntime-win-arm64-static)
       endif()
-      include(onnxruntime-win-arm64)
     else()
       # for 64-bit windows (x64)
       if(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_DIRECTML)