diff --git a/packages/controller/README.md b/packages/controller/README.md
index a953686e..822aff13 100644
--- a/packages/controller/README.md
+++ b/packages/controller/README.md
@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ This can be used both in the web interface and as the `controller_token` to conn
 Creates a clusterioctl config for the given user with url and token set up for connecting to the cluster.
 
 
+### `copy-static [target]`
+
+Copies the static web assets to the given target folder (which defaults to `./static/`).
+Useful in case you want to host the assets on a CDN or separate web server and want provide the files directly instead of fetching them from the controller.
+
+Note that mod pack exports will create additional static files that also have to be hosted, these are written to the `./static/` folder in the clusterio installation directory.
+
+See also the `controller.public_url` config option for setting where static assets are loaded from.
+
+
 ### `run`
 
 Runs the controller.
diff --git a/packages/controller/controller.ts b/packages/controller/controller.ts
index 851f1236..44d92502 100644
--- a/packages/controller/controller.ts
+++ b/packages/controller/controller.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,40 @@ async function handleBootstrapCommand(
 	}
 }
 
+async function handleCopyStaticCommand(
+	args: any,
+	pluginInfos: lib.PluginNodeEnvInfo[],
+) {
+	await fs.cp(
+		path.join(__dirname, "..", "web", "static"),
+		args.target,
+		{
+			recursive: true,
+			mode: fs.constants.COPYFILE_FICLONE,
+		},
+	);
+	logger.info("Copied main web interface files");
+	for (const pluginInfo of pluginInfos) {
+		try {
+			await fs.cp(
+				pluginInfo.webStaticPath,
+				args.target,
+				{
+					recursive: true,
+					mode: fs.constants.COPYFILE_FICLONE,
+				},
+			);
+		} catch (err: any) {
+			if (err.code === "ENOENT") {
+				logger.info(`Skipped web interface files for ${pluginInfo.name}: ${err.message}`);
+			} else {
+				logger.error(`Unexpected error copying web interface files for ${pluginInfo.name}:\n${err.stack}`);
+				process.exitCode = 1;
+			}
+		}
+		logger.info(`Copied web interface files for ${pluginInfo.name}`);
+	}
+}
 
 export interface ControllerArgs {
 	[x: string]: unknown;
@@ -284,6 +318,13 @@ async function initialize(): Promise<InitializeParameters> {
 				})
 				.demandCommand(1, "You need to specify a command to run");
 		})
+		.command("copy-static [target]", "Copy static Web UI files to a folder", yargs => {
+			yargs.positional("target", {
+				describe: "Target directory to copy files to",
+				type: "string",
+				default: "static",
+			});
+		})
 		.command("run", "Run controller", yargs => {
 			yargs.option("can-restart", {
 				type: "boolean", nargs: 0, default: false,
@@ -399,6 +440,8 @@ async function initialize(): Promise<InitializeParameters> {
 		await lib.handleConfigCommand(args, controllerConfig, controllerConfigLock);
 	} else if (command === "bootstrap") {
 		await handleBootstrapCommand(args, controllerConfig, controllerConfigLock);
+	} else if (command === "copy-static") {
+		await handleCopyStaticCommand(args, pluginInfos);
 	} else if (shouldRun) {
 		await controllerConfigLock.acquire(); // Hold the lock until process exit
 	}
diff --git a/test/integration/clusterio.js b/test/integration/clusterio.js
index f0d15f83..aa13282d 100644
--- a/test/integration/clusterio.js
+++ b/test/integration/clusterio.js
@@ -140,6 +140,25 @@ describe("Integration of Clusterio", function() {
 			});
 		});
 
+		describe("copy-static", function() {
+			it("should copy the files from dist/web/static", async function() {
+				const dir = "temp/test/copy-static";
+				await fs.rm(dir, { force: true, recursive: true, maxRetries: 10 });
+				await execController("copy-static copy-static");
+				const controllerFiles = await fs.readdir("packages/controller/dist/web/static");
+				const globalChatFiles = await fs.readdir("plugins/global_chat/dist/web/static");
+				const targetFiles = await fs.readdir(dir);
+				assert(
+					controllerFiles.every(name => targetFiles.includes(name)),
+					"Missing files from controller static folder",
+				);
+				assert(
+					globalChatFiles.every(name => targetFiles.includes(name)),
+					"Missing files from global_chat's static folder",
+				);
+			});
+		});
+
 		describe("config", function() {
 			it("can read the config file", async function() {
 				await execController("config list");