diff --git a/coffin/contrib/staticfiles/__init__.py b/coffin/contrib/staticfiles/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/coffin/contrib/staticfiles/templatetags/__init__.py b/coffin/contrib/staticfiles/templatetags/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/coffin/contrib/staticfiles/templatetags/static.py b/coffin/contrib/staticfiles/templatetags/static.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b869fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coffin/contrib/staticfiles/templatetags/static.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+from coffin import template
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
+from coffin.templatetags.static import StaticExtension
+
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+
+class StaticExtension(StaticExtension):
+    """Implements the {% static %} tag as provided by the ``staticfiles``
+    contrib module.
+
+    Rreturns the URL to a file using staticfiles' storage backend.
+
+    Usage::
+
+        {% static path [as varname] %}
+
+    Examples::
+
+        {% static "myapp/css/base.css" %}
+        {% static variable_with_path %}
+        {% static "myapp/css/base.css" as admin_base_css %}
+        {% static variable_with_path as varname %}
+
+    """
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_statc_url(cls, path):
+        return super(StaticExtension, cls).get_statc_url(
+            staticfiles_storage.url(path))
+
+
+register.tag(StaticExtension)
+
+
+def static(path):
+    return StaticExtension.get_static_url(path)
diff --git a/coffin/template/__init__.py b/coffin/template/__init__.py
index 4dda1e1..dc9e5c9 100644
--- a/coffin/template/__init__.py
+++ b/coffin/template/__init__.py
@@ -107,4 +107,5 @@ def add_to_builtins(module_name):
 
 add_to_builtins('coffin.template.defaulttags')
 add_to_builtins('coffin.template.defaultfilters')
+add_to_builtins('coffin.templatetags.static')
 
diff --git a/coffin/templatetags/__init__.py b/coffin/templatetags/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/coffin/templatetags/static.py b/coffin/templatetags/static.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eccfe9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coffin/templatetags/static.py
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urljoin
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urljoin
+
+from coffin.template import Library
+from jinja2.ext import Extension
+from jinja2 import nodes
+from django.utils.encoding import iri_to_uri
+
+
+register = Library()
+
+
+class PrefixExtension(Extension):
+
+    def parse(self, parser):
+        stream = parser.stream
+        lineno = stream.next().lineno
+
+        call_node = self.call_method('render')
+
+        if stream.next_if('name:as'):
+            var = nodes.Name(stream.expect('name').value, 'store')
+            return nodes.Assign(var, call_node).set_lineno(lineno)
+        else:
+            return nodes.Output([call_node]).set_lineno(lineno)
+
+    def render(self, name):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_uri_setting(cls, name):
+        try:
+            from django.conf import settings
+        except ImportError:
+            prefix = ''
+        else:
+            prefix = iri_to_uri(getattr(settings, name, ''))
+        return prefix
+
+
+class GetStaticPrefixExtension(PrefixExtension):
+    """
+    Populates a template variable with the static prefix,
+    ``settings.STATIC_URL``.
+
+    Usage::
+
+        {% get_static_prefix [as varname] %}
+
+    Examples::
+
+        {% get_static_prefix %}
+        {% get_static_prefix as static_prefix %}
+
+    """
+
+    tags = set(['get_static_prefix'])
+
+    def render(self):
+        return self.get_uri_setting('STATIC_URL')
+
+
+class GetMediaPrefixExtension(PrefixExtension):
+    """
+    Populates a template variable with the media prefix,
+    ``settings.MEDIA_URL``.
+
+    Usage::
+
+        {% get_media_prefix [as varname] %}
+
+    Examples::
+
+        {% get_media_prefix %}
+        {% get_media_prefix as media_prefix %}
+
+    """
+
+    tags = set(['get_media_prefix'])
+
+    def render(self):
+        return self.get_uri_setting('STATIC_URL')
+
+
+class StaticExtension(PrefixExtension):
+    """
+    Joins the given path with the STATIC_URL setting.
+
+    Usage::
+
+        {% static path [as varname] %}
+
+    Examples::
+
+        {% static "myapp/css/base.css" %}
+        {% static variable_with_path %}
+        {% static "myapp/css/base.css" as admin_base_css %}
+        {% static variable_with_path as varname %}
+
+    """
+
+    tags = set(['static'])
+
+    def parse(self, parser):
+        stream = parser.stream
+        lineno = stream.next().lineno
+
+        path = parser.parse_expression()
+        call_node = self.call_method('get_statc_url', args=[path])
+
+        if stream.next_if('name:as'):
+            var = nodes.Name(stream.expect('name').value, 'store')
+            return nodes.Assign(var, call_node).set_lineno(lineno)
+        else:
+            return nodes.Output([call_node]).set_lineno(lineno)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_statc_url(cls, path):
+        return urljoin(PrefixExtension.get_uri_setting("STATIC_URL"), path)
+
+
+register.tag(GetStaticPrefixExtension)
+register.tag(GetMediaPrefixExtension)
+register.tag(StaticExtension)
+
+
+def static(path):
+    return StaticExtension.get_static_url(path)