diff --git a/cli/src/cordova.ts b/cli/src/cordova.ts
index 30b01e515..4594288aa 100644
--- a/cli/src/cordova.ts
+++ b/cli/src/cordova.ts
@@ -518,14 +518,19 @@ export function getIncompatibleCordovaPlugins(platform: string): string[] {
   return pluginList;
 }
 
-export function needsStaticPod(plugin: Plugin): boolean {
-  const pluginList = [
+export function needsStaticPod(plugin: Plugin, config: Config): boolean {
+  let pluginList = [
     'phonegap-plugin-push',
     '@havesource/cordova-plugin-push',
     'cordova-plugin-firebasex',
     '@batch.com/cordova-plugin',
     'onesignal-cordova-plugin',
   ];
+  if (config.app.extConfig?.cordova?.staticPlugins) {
+    pluginList = pluginList.concat(
+      config.app.extConfig?.cordova?.staticPlugins,
+    );
+  }
   return pluginList.includes(plugin.id);
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/src/declarations.ts b/cli/src/declarations.ts
index 570a6ff4b..f609d095e 100644
--- a/cli/src/declarations.ts
+++ b/cli/src/declarations.ts
@@ -442,6 +442,14 @@ export interface CapacitorConfig {
      * @since 1.3.0
      */
     preferences?: { [key: string]: string | undefined };
+
+    /**
+     * List of Cordova plugins that need to be static but are not
+     * already in the static plugin list.
+     *
+     * @since 3.3.0
+     */
+    staticPlugins?: string[];
   };
 
   /**
diff --git a/cli/src/ios/update.ts b/cli/src/ios/update.ts
index 5e248de1f..74deabc58 100644
--- a/cli/src/ios/update.ts
+++ b/cli/src/ios/update.ts
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ async function generatePodFile(
       });
     });
   });
-  const staticPlugins = cordovaPlugins.filter(needsStaticPod);
+  const staticPlugins = cordovaPlugins.filter(p => needsStaticPod(p, config));
   const noStaticPlugins = cordovaPlugins.filter(
     el => !staticPlugins.includes(el),
   );
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ async function generateCordovaPodspecs(
   cordovaPlugins: Plugin[],
   config: Config,
 ) {
-  const staticPlugins = cordovaPlugins.filter(needsStaticPod);
+  const staticPlugins = cordovaPlugins.filter(p => needsStaticPod(p, config));
   const noStaticPlugins = cordovaPlugins.filter(
     el => !staticPlugins.includes(el),
   );
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ async function copyPluginsNativeFiles(
     const codeFiles = sourceFiles.concat(headerFiles);
     const frameworks = getPlatformElement(p, platform, 'framework');
     let sourcesFolderName = 'sources';
-    if (needsStaticPod(p)) {
+    if (needsStaticPod(p, config)) {
       sourcesFolderName += 'static';
     }
     const sourcesFolder = join(