diff --git a/src/tilde.cpp b/src/tilde.cpp
index 9550374e8..a8c398a69 100644
--- a/src/tilde.cpp
+++ b/src/tilde.cpp
@@ -250,7 +250,9 @@ gb_internal TB_Symbol *cg_find_symbol_from_entity(cgModule *m, Entity *e) {
 	String link_name = cg_get_entity_name(m, e);
 	cgProcedure **proc_found = string_map_get(&m->procedures, link_name);
 	if (proc_found) {
-		return (*proc_found)->symbol;
+		TB_Symbol *symbol = (*proc_found)->symbol;
+		map_set(&m->symbols, e, symbol);
+		return symbol;
 	}
 	GB_PANIC("could not find entity's symbol %.*s", LIT(e->token.string));
 	return nullptr;
diff --git a/src/tilde_const.cpp b/src/tilde_const.cpp
index 05b57a97a..d37edb89a 100644
--- a/src/tilde_const.cpp
+++ b/src/tilde_const.cpp
@@ -347,22 +347,23 @@ gb_internal isize cg_global_const_calculate_region_count(ExactValue const &value
 	case ExactValue_Bool:
 	case ExactValue_Integer:
 	case ExactValue_Float:
-	case ExactValue_Pointer:
 	case ExactValue_Typeid:
 	case ExactValue_Complex:
 	case ExactValue_Quaternion:
 		return 1;
+	case ExactValue_Pointer:
+		return 2;
 
 	case ExactValue_Procedure:
 		return 1;
 
 	case ExactValue_String:
 		if (is_type_string(type)) {
-			return 2;
+			return 3;
 		} else if (is_type_cstring(type) || is_type_array_like(type)) {
-			return 1;
+			return 2;
 		}
-		return 2;
+		return 3;
 
 	case ExactValue_Compound: {
 		ast_node(cl, CompoundLit, value.value_compound);
@@ -455,7 +456,7 @@ gb_internal isize cg_global_const_calculate_region_count(ExactValue const &value
 			return 1;
 
 		case Type_Slice:
-			return 2;
+			return 3;
 
 		default:
 			GB_PANIC("TODO(bill): %s", type_to_string(type));
diff --git a/src/tilde_stmt.cpp b/src/tilde_stmt.cpp
index 794061335..caa622b4d 100644
--- a/src/tilde_stmt.cpp
+++ b/src/tilde_stmt.cpp
@@ -2240,7 +2240,65 @@ gb_internal void cg_build_stmt(cgProcedure *p, Ast *node) {
 			}
 		}
 		if (is_static) {
-			GB_PANIC("TODO(bill): build static variables");
+			for_array(i, vd->names) {
+				Ast *ident = vd->names[i];
+				GB_ASSERT(!is_blank_ident(ident));
+				Entity *e = entity_of_node(ident);
+				GB_ASSERT(e->flags & EntityFlag_Static);
+				String name = e->token.string;
+
+				String mangled_name = {};
+				{
+					gbString str = gb_string_make_length(permanent_allocator(), p->name.text, p->name.len);
+					str = gb_string_appendc(str, "-");
+					str = gb_string_append_fmt(str, ".%.*s-%llu", LIT(name), cast(long long)e->id);
+					mangled_name.text = cast(u8 *)str;
+					mangled_name.len = gb_string_length(str);
+				}
+
+				cgModule *m = p->module;
+
+				TB_DebugType *debug_type = cg_debug_type(m, e->type);
+				TB_Global *global = tb_global_create(m->mod, mangled_name.len, cast(char const *)mangled_name.text, debug_type, TB_LINKAGE_PRIVATE);
+
+				TB_ModuleSection *section = tb_module_get_data(m->mod);
+				if (e->Variable.thread_local_model != "") {
+					section = tb_module_get_tls(m->mod);
+					String model = e->Variable.thread_local_model;
+					if (model == "default") {
+						// TODO(bill): Thread Local Storage models
+					} else if (model == "localdynamic") {
+						// TODO(bill): Thread Local Storage models
+					} else if (model == "initialexec") {
+						// TODO(bill): Thread Local Storage models
+					} else if (model == "localexec") {
+						// TODO(bill): Thread Local Storage models
+					} else {
+						GB_PANIC("Unhandled thread local mode %.*s", LIT(model));
+					}
+				}
+
+				i64 max_objects = 0;
+				ExactValue value = {};
+
+				if (vd->values.count > 0) {
+					GB_ASSERT(vd->names.count == vd->values.count);
+					Ast *ast_value = vd->values[i];
+					GB_ASSERT(ast_value->tav.mode == Addressing_Constant ||
+					          ast_value->tav.mode == Addressing_Invalid);
+
+					value = ast_value->tav.value;
+					max_objects = cg_global_const_calculate_region_count(value, e->type);
+				}
+				tb_global_set_storage(m->mod, section, global, type_size_of(e->type), type_align_of(e->type), max_objects);
+
+				cg_global_const_add_region(m, value, e->type, global, 0);
+
+				TB_Node *node = tb_inst_get_symbol_address(p->func, cast(TB_Symbol *)global);
+				cgValue global_val = cg_value(node, alloc_type_pointer(e->type));
+				cg_add_entity(p->module, e, global_val);
+				cg_add_member(p->module, mangled_name, global_val);
+			}
 			return;
 		}