diff --git a/gen/generator.toml b/gen/generator.toml
index f26da0f1..d377dc63 100644
--- a/gen/generator.toml
+++ b/gen/generator.toml
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ field_access_method_list = []
 # prevent the generated symbols from conflicting with the symbols defined and exported in Base.
 function_argument_conflict_symbols = []
 
+# if set to true, static functions will be ignored
+skip_static_functions = false
+
 # emit constructors for all custom-layout structs like bitfield in the list,
 # or set to `true` to do so for all such structs
 add_record_constructors = []
diff --git a/src/generator/Generators.jl b/src/generator/Generators.jl
index 0aff527f..998c8c0e 100644
--- a/src/generator/Generators.jl
+++ b/src/generator/Generators.jl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ using ..Clang:
     getArgument,
     getCursorType,
     getCanonicalType,
+    getCursorLinkage,
     getCursorResultType,
     getElementType,
     getEnumDeclIntegerType,
diff --git a/src/generator/top_level.jl b/src/generator/top_level.jl
index fc0ef12d..840bd758 100644
--- a/src/generator/top_level.jl
+++ b/src/generator/top_level.jl
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ function collect_top_level_nodes!(nodes::Vector{ExprNode}, cursor::CLCursor, opt
 end
 
 function collect_top_level_nodes!(nodes::Vector{ExprNode}, cursor::CLFunctionDecl, options)
+    skip_static_func = get(options, "skip_static_functions", false)
+    skip_static_func && getCursorLinkage(cursor) == CXLinkage_Internal && return nodes
+
     func_type = getCursorType(cursor)
 
     if kind(func_type) == CXType_FunctionNoProto
diff --git a/test/generators.jl b/test/generators.jl
index 092620a3..1199c24e 100644
--- a/test/generators.jl
+++ b/test/generators.jl
@@ -180,3 +180,9 @@ end
     ctx = create_context([joinpath(@__DIR__, "include/struct-mutual-ref.h")], get_default_args())
     @test_logs (:info, "Done!") match_mode = :any build!(ctx)
 end
+
+@testset "Issue 455 - skip static functions" begin
+    options = Dict("general" => Dict{String,Any}("skip_static_functions" => true))
+    ctx = create_context([joinpath(@__DIR__, "include/static.h")], get_default_args(), options)
+    @test_logs (:info, "Done!") match_mode = :any build!(ctx)
+end
diff --git a/test/include/static.h b/test/include/static.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a668793d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/include/static.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef STATIC_H
+#define STATIC_H
+
+static inline int skip_static(void)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
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