diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 0336d05c6f..2e9498e793 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -76,3 +76,8 @@ jobs:
         run: swift test --filter "(?i)vsock" | tee test.out
       - name: Check for skipped tests
         run: test -r test.out && ! grep -i skipped test.out
+
+  static-sdk:
+    name: Static SDK
+    # Workaround https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/1875
+    uses: apple/swift-nio/.github/workflows/static_sdk.yml@static_sdk_workflow  # TODO: change to @main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static_sdk.yml b/.github/workflows/static_sdk.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a0220214e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/static_sdk.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Static SDK
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  static-sdk:
+    name: Static SDK
+    # Workaround https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/1875
+    uses: apple/swift-nio/.github/workflows/swift_test_matrix.yml@static_sdk_workflow  # TODO: change to @main
+    with:
+      name: "Static SDK"
+      matrix_string: >-
+        {
+          "swift":[
+            {
+              "name":"latest-release Jammy",
+              "swift_version":"6.0.2",
+              "platform":"Linux",
+              "runner":"ubuntu-latest",
+              "image":"ubuntu:jammy",
+              "setup_command":"INSTALL_SWIFT_STATIC_SDK_VERSION=latest INSTALL_SWIFT_STATIC_SDK_ARCH=x86_64 ./scripts/install_static_sdk.sh",
+              "command":"swift build",
+              "command_arguments":"--swift-sdk x86_64-swift-linux-musl"
+            },
+            {
+              "name":"main Jammy",
+              "swift_version":"main",
+              "platform":"Linux",
+              "runner":"ubuntu-latest",
+              "image":"ubuntu:jammy",
+              "setup_command":"INSTALL_SWIFT_STATIC_SDK_BRANCH=main INSTALL_SWIFT_STATIC_SDK_ARCH=x86_64 ./scripts/install_static_sdk.sh",
+              "command":"swift build",
+              "command_arguments":"--swift-sdk x86_64-swift-linux-musl"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/swift_load_test_matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/swift_load_test_matrix.yml
index f0c34c2da5..7e53038c0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/swift_load_test_matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/swift_load_test_matrix.yml
@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ jobs:
         run: git config --global --add safe.directory ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
       - id: load-matrix
         run: |
-            printf "swift-matrix=%s" "$(jq -c '.' ${{ inputs.matrix_path }})" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            printf "swift-matrix=%s" "$(jq -ec '.' ${{ inputs.matrix_path }})" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
 
   execute-matrix:
     name: Execute matrix
     needs: load-matrix
     # Workaround https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/1875
-    uses: apple/swift-nio/.github/workflows/swift_test_matrix.yml@main
+    uses: apple/swift-nio/.github/workflows/swift_test_matrix.yml@static_sdk_workflow  # TODO: change to @main
     with:
       name: ${{ inputs.name }}
       matrix_string: '${{ needs.load-matrix.outputs.swift-matrix }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/swift_test_matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/swift_test_matrix.yml
index cec7fd70f5..8d40e3ede6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/swift_test_matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/swift_test_matrix.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
             -e setup_command_expression="$setup_command_expression" \
             -e workspace="$workspace" \
             ${{ matrix.swift.image }} \
-            bash -c "swift --version && git config --global --add safe.directory \"$workspace\" && $setup_command_expression ${{ matrix.swift.command }} ${{ matrix.swift.command_arguments }}"
+            bash -c "$setup_command_expression ${{ matrix.swift.command }} ${{ matrix.swift.command_arguments }}"
       - name: Run matrix job (Windows)
         if: ${{ matrix.swift.platform == 'Windows' }}
         run: |
diff --git a/scripts/install_static_sdk.sh b/scripts/install_static_sdk.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..51ac354725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install_static_sdk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+##===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+##
+## This source file is part of the SwiftNIO open source project
+##
+## Copyright (c) 2024 Apple Inc. and the SwiftNIO project authors
+## Licensed under Apache License v2.0
+##
+## See LICENSE.txt for license information
+## See CONTRIBUTORS.txt for the list of SwiftNIO project authors
+##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+##
+##===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+
+set -uo pipefail
+
+log() { printf -- "** %s\n" "$*" >&2; }
+error() { printf -- "** ERROR: %s\n" "$*" >&2; }
+fatal() { error "$@"; exit 1; }
+
+# Parameter environment variables
+branch="${INSTALL_SWIFT_STATIC_SDK_BRANCH:=""}"
+version="${INSTALL_SWIFT_STATIC_SDK_VERSION:=""}"
+arch="${INSTALL_SWIFT_STATIC_SDK_ARCH:="aarch64"}"
+os_image="${INSTALL_SWIFT_STATIC_SDK_OS_IMAGE:="ubuntu22.04"}"
+
+if [[ ! ( -n "$branch" && -z "$version" ) && ! ( -z "$branch" && -n "$version") ]]; then
+  fatal "Exactly one of build or version must be defined."
+fi
+
+log "Installing tools for this script"
+if command -v apt-get >/dev/null; then
+  package_manager="apt-get"
+  apt-get update > /dev/null
+elif command -v yum >/dev/null; then
+  package_manager="yum"
+else
+  fatal "Cannot find either 'apt' or 'yum'"
+fi
+
+"$package_manager" install -y curl rsync jq tar > /dev/null
+case "$arch" in
+  "aarch64")
+    arch_suffix="-$arch" ;;
+  "x86_64")
+    arch_suffix="" ;;
+  *)
+    fatal "Unexpected architecture: $arch" ;;
+esac
+
+os_image_sanitized="${os_image//./}"
+echo $os_image_sanitized
+
+if [[ -n "$branch" ]]; then
+  # Some snapshots may not have all the artefacts we require
+  log "Discovering branch snapshot for branch $branch"
+  snapshots="$(curl -s "https://www.swift.org/api/v1/install/dev/main/${os_image_sanitized}.json" | jq -r --arg arch $arch '.[$arch] | unique | reverse | .[].dir')"
+  for snapshot in $snapshots; do
+    snapshot_url="https://download.swift.org/development/${os_image_sanitized}${arch_suffix}/${snapshot}/${snapshot}-${os_image}${arch_suffix}.tar.gz"
+    static_sdk_url="https://download.swift.org/development/static-sdk/${snapshot}/${snapshot}_static-linux-0.0.1.artifactbundle.tar.gz"
+    
+    # check that the files exist
+    curl -sILXGET --fail "$snapshot_url" > /dev/null; snapshot_return_code=$?
+    curl -sILXGET --fail "$static_sdk_url" > /dev/null; static_sdk_return_code=$?
+    
+    if [[ ("$snapshot_return_code" -eq 0) && ("$static_sdk_return_code" -eq 0) ]]; then
+      log "Discovered branch snapshot: $snapshot"
+      break
+    else
+      log "Snapshot unavailable: $snapshot (Snapshot return code: $snapshot_return_code, Static SDK return code: $static_sdk_return_code)"
+      snapshot=""
+    fi
+  done
+  if [[ -z "$snapshot" ]]; then
+    fatal "Failed to discover usable Swift snapshot"
+  fi
+  
+elif [[ -n "$version" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$version" == "latest" ]]; then
+    log "Discovering latest version"
+    version=$(curl -s https://www.swift.org/api/v1/install/releases.json | jq -r '.[-1].tag' | sed -E 's/swift-([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)-RELEASE/\1/')
+    if [[ -z "$version" ]]; then
+      fatal "Failed to discover latest Swift version"
+    fi
+    log "Discovered latest Swift version: $version"
+  fi
+
+  snapshot_url="https://download.swift.org/swift-${version}-release/${os_image_sanitized}${arch_suffix}/swift-${version}-RELEASE/swift-${version}-RELEASE-${os_image}${arch_suffix}.tar.gz"
+  static_sdk_url="https://download.swift.org/swift-${version}-release/static-sdk/swift-${version}-RELEASE/swift-${version}-RELEASE_static-linux-0.0.1.artifactbundle.tar.gz"
+fi
+
+log "Installing standard Swift pre-requisites"  # pre-reqs list taken from swift.org
+DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive "$package_manager" install -y\
+    binutils\
+    git\
+    gnupg2\
+    libc6-dev\
+    libcurl4-openssl-dev\
+    libedit2\
+    libgcc-11-dev\
+    libpython3-dev\
+    libsqlite3-0\
+    libstdc++-11-dev\
+    libxml2-dev\
+    libz3-dev\
+    pkg-config\
+    python3-lldb-13\
+    tzdata\
+    unzip\
+    zlib1g-dev\
+    > /dev/null
+
+log "Obtaining Swift toolchain"
+log "Snapshot URL: $snapshot_url"
+snapshot_path="/tmp/$(basename "$snapshot_url")"
+curl -sL "$snapshot_url" -o "$snapshot_path"
+
+log "Installing Swift toolchain"
+mkdir -p /tmp/snapshot
+tar xfz "$snapshot_path" --strip-components 1 -C /tmp/snapshot
+rsync -a /tmp/snapshot/* /
+
+log "Obtaining Static SDK"
+log "Static SDK URL: $static_sdk_url"
+static_sdk_path="/tmp/$(basename "$static_sdk_url")"
+curl -sL "$static_sdk_url" -o "$static_sdk_path"
+
+log "Installing Static SDK"
+swift sdk install "$static_sdk_path"
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