diff --git a/buildlib/tools/builds.sh b/buildlib/tools/builds.sh
index fdd6f73637a..9daf4534a2f 100755
--- a/buildlib/tools/builds.sh
+++ b/buildlib/tools/builds.sh
@@ -350,6 +350,27 @@ build_cmake_examples() {
 	fi
 }
 
+#
+# Build with FUSE
+#
+build_fuse() {
+	if az_module_load $FUSE3_MODULE
+	then
+		echo "==== Build with FUSE (dynamic link) ===="
+		${WORKSPACE}/contrib/configure-devel --prefix=$ucx_inst --with-fuse3
+		$MAKEP
+		make_clean distclean
+
+		echo "==== Build with FUSE (static link) ===="
+		${WORKSPACE}/contrib/configure-devel --prefix=$ucx_inst --with-fuse3-static
+		$MAKEP
+
+		az_module_unload $FUSE3_MODULE
+	else
+		azure_log_warning "cannot load FUSE module, skipping build with FUSE"
+	fi
+}
+
 #
 # Do a given task and update progress indicator
 #
@@ -380,6 +401,7 @@ do_task "${prog}" build_cuda
 do_task "${prog}" build_no_verbs
 do_task "${prog}" build_release_pkg
 do_task "${prog}" build_cmake_examples
+do_task "${prog}" build_fuse
 
 if [ "${long_test}" = "yes" ]
 then
diff --git a/buildlib/tools/common.sh b/buildlib/tools/common.sh
index 015d1506192..e375203ceeb 100644
--- a/buildlib/tools/common.sh
+++ b/buildlib/tools/common.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ PGI_MODULE="hpc-sdk/nvhpc/21.2"
 GCC_MODULE="dev/gcc-10.1.0"
 ARM_MODULE="arm-compiler/armcc-19.0"
 INTEL_MODULE="intel/ics-19.1.1"
+FUSE3_MODULE="dev/fuse-3.10.5"
 
 #
 # Parallel build command runs with 4 tasks, or number of cores on the system,
diff --git a/config/m4/fuse3.m4 b/config/m4/fuse3.m4
index c79b31a5019..aaf59550c42 100644
--- a/config/m4/fuse3.m4
+++ b/config/m4/fuse3.m4
@@ -10,21 +10,40 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([fuse3],
             [Enable the use of FUSEv3 (default is guess).])],
             [], [with_fuse3=guess])
 
-AS_IF([test "x$with_fuse3" != xno],
+AC_ARG_WITH([fuse3-static],
+            [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-fuse3-static=(DIR)],
+            [Static link FUSEv3 library (default is no).])],
+            [], [with_fuse3_static=no])
+
+AS_IF([test "x$with_fuse3" != "xno" -o "x$with_fuse3_static" != "xno"],
       [
-       AS_IF([test "x$with_fuse3" = "xguess" \
-                -o "x$with_fuse3" = "xyes" \
-                -o "x$with_fuse3" = "x"],
-             [FUSE3_CPPFLAGS=$(pkg-config --cflags fuse3)
-              FUSE3_LIBS=$(pkg-config --libs fuse3)],
-             [FUSE3_CPPFLAGS="-I${with_fuse3}/include/fuse3"
-              FUSE3_LIBS="-L${with_fuse3}/lib -L${with_fuse3}/lib64"])
+       AS_IF([test "x$with_fuse3_static" != "xno"],
+             [with_fuse3="$with_fuse3_static"])
+
+       save_PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
+
+       AS_IF([test "x$with_fuse3" != "xguess" \
+                -a "x$with_fuse3" != "xyes" \
+                -a "x$with_fuse3" != "x"],
+             [AS_IF([test -d "$with_fuse3/lib64"],
+                    [libsuff="64"], [libsuff=""])
+              ucx_fuse3_pkgconfig="$with_fuse3/lib$libsuff/pkgconfig"
+              export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$ucx_fuse3_pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"])
+
+       FUSE3_CPPFLAGS=$(pkg-config --cflags-only-I fuse3)
+       FUSE3_LDFLAGS=$(pkg-config --libs-only-L fuse3)
+       AS_IF([test "x$with_fuse3_static" != "xno"],
+             [FUSE3_LIBS=$(pkg-config --libs-only-l --static fuse3)
+              FUSE3_LIBS=${FUSE3_LIBS//"-lfuse3"/"-l:libfuse3.a"}],
+             [FUSE3_LIBS=$(pkg-config --libs-only-l fuse3)])
 
        save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
        save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+       save_LIBS="$LIBS"
 
        CPPFLAGS="$FUSE3_CPPFLAGS $CPPFLAGS"
-       LDFLAGS="$FUSE3_LIBS $LDFLAGS"
+       LDFLAGS="$FUSE3_LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS"
+       LIBS="$FUSE3_LIBS $LIBS"
 
        fuse3_happy="yes"
        AC_CHECK_DECLS([fuse_open_channel, fuse_mount, fuse_unmount],
@@ -34,15 +53,19 @@ AS_IF([test "x$with_fuse3" != xno],
                       [[#define FUSE_USE_VERSION 30
                         #include <fuse.h>]])
 
-       AC_CHECK_FUNCS([fuse_open_channel fuse_mount fuse_unmount],
-                      [AC_SUBST([FUSE3_LIBS], [$FUSE3_LIBS])],
-                      [fuse3_happy="no"])
+       AS_IF([test "x$fuse3_happy" = "xyes"],
+             [AC_CHECK_FUNCS([fuse_open_channel fuse_mount fuse_unmount],
+                             [AC_SUBST([FUSE3_LIBS], ["$FUSE3_LIBS"])
+                              AC_SUBST([FUSE3_LDFLAGS], [$FUSE3_LDFLAGS])],
+                             [fuse3_happy="no"])])
 
        AS_IF([test "x$fuse3_happy" != "xyes" -a "x$with_fuse3" != "xguess"],
              [AC_MSG_ERROR([FUSEv3 requested but could not be found])])
 
        CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
        LDFLAGS="$save_LDFLAGS"
+       LIBS="$save_LIBS"
+       PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$save_PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
     ],
     [AC_MSG_WARN([FUSEv3 was explicitly disabled])]
 )
diff --git a/src/tools/vfs/Makefile.am b/src/tools/vfs/Makefile.am
index 62408f8aea7..fa52b1c3741 100644
--- a/src/tools/vfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/tools/vfs/Makefile.am
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ if HAVE_FUSE3
 
 bin_PROGRAMS     = ucx_vfs
 ucx_vfs_CPPFLAGS = $(BASE_CPPFLAGS) $(FUSE3_CPPFLAGS)
+ucx_vfs_LDFLAGS  = $(FUSE3_LDFLAGS)
 ucx_vfs_CFLAGS   = $(BASE_CFLAGS)
 ucx_vfs_SOURCES  = vfs_main.c vfs_server.c
 noinst_HEADERS   = vfs_daemon.h
diff --git a/src/ucs/vfs/fuse/Makefile.am b/src/ucs/vfs/fuse/Makefile.am
index 66915040cb8..d7c5433bb32 100644
--- a/src/ucs/vfs/fuse/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/ucs/vfs/fuse/Makefile.am
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ libucs_fuse_la_CFLAGS   = $(BASE_CFLAGS)
 libucs_fuse_la_LIBADD   = $(FUSE3_LIBS) \
                           $(top_builddir)/src/ucs/vfs/sock/libucs_vfs_sock.la \
                           $(top_builddir)/src/ucs/libucs.la
-libucs_fuse_la_LDFLAGS  = -version-info $(SOVERSION)
+libucs_fuse_la_LDFLAGS  = $(FUSE3_LDFLAGS) -version-info $(SOVERSION)
 libucs_fuse_la_SOURCES  = vfs_fuse.c
 include $(top_srcdir)/config/module.am