diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 120e307cbd..91031113c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   `onRunTrackedJs`, `onGetTrackedObjects` and `onTrackedObjectDelete` hooks, which embedders may
   override to customize what tracking means
 - Added `string:to_integer/1`
+- Added `crypto:mlkem768_encapsulate/1`, requiring libsodium 1.0.22 or later
+- Added `AVM_STATIC_LIBSODIUM` CMake option to statically link libsodium
 
 ### Changed
 - `erlang:process_info/2` now accepts only pids of local processes, as Erlang/OTP does:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 85e8ea201d..0da5ec51b5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ option(AVM_BUILD_RUNTIME_ONLY "Only build the AtomVM runtime" OFF)
 option(COVERAGE "Build for code coverage" OFF)
 option(AVM_PRINT_PROCESS_CRASH_DUMPS "Print crash reports when processes die with non-standard reasons" ON)
 option(AVM_USE_LIBSODIUM "Enable optional libsodium backend for Ed25519 curve" OFF)
+option(AVM_STATIC_LIBSODIUM "Static link libsodium." OFF)
 option(AVM_MINIMAL_OPCODES "Reduce VM size by excluding opcodes for optional compiler flags (no_bs_match, no_ssa_opt_bs_ensure)" OFF)
 
 # JIT & execution of precompiled code
diff --git a/libs/estdlib/src/crypto.erl b/libs/estdlib/src/crypto.erl
index 7b5c69ac41..573b9e0500 100644
--- a/libs/estdlib/src/crypto.erl
+++ b/libs/estdlib/src/crypto.erl
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     pbkdf2_hmac/5,
     hash_equals/2,
     strong_rand_bytes/1,
+    mlkem768_encapsulate/1,
     info_lib/0
 ]).
 
@@ -424,6 +425,26 @@ generate_key(_Type, _Param) ->
 compute_key(_Type, _OtherPublicKey, _MyPrivateKey, _Param) ->
     erlang:nif_error(undefined).
 
+%%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% @param   PublicKey the ML-KEM-768 encapsulation (public) key, 1184 bytes
+%% @returns `{Ciphertext, SharedSecret}' where `Ciphertext' is 1088 bytes and
+%%          `SharedSecret' is 32 bytes
+%% @doc     ML-KEM-768 (FIPS 203) key encapsulation.
+%%
+%%          Encapsulates a freshly generated shared secret to `PublicKey',
+%%          returning the ciphertext to send to the key's owner and the shared
+%%          secret. Used to implement post-quantum hybrid SSH key exchange
+%%          (`mlkem768x25519-sha256').
+%%
+%%          Only available when AtomVM was built with a libsodium that provides
+%%          ML-KEM (>= 1.0.22); otherwise this raises.
+%% @end
+%%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-spec mlkem768_encapsulate(PublicKey :: binary()) ->
+    {Ciphertext :: binary(), SharedSecret :: binary()}.
+mlkem768_encapsulate(_PublicKey) ->
+    erlang:nif_error(undefined).
+
 %%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% @param   Algorithm signing algorithm (`ecdsa' or `eddsa')
 %% @param   DigestType hash algorithm identifier for `ecdsa', or `none' for `eddsa'
diff --git a/src/libAtomVM/otp_crypto.c b/src/libAtomVM/otp_crypto.c
index 224c93a432..24f4ee833d 100644
--- a/src/libAtomVM/otp_crypto.c
+++ b/src/libAtomVM/otp_crypto.c
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@
 #include <sodium.h>
 #endif
 
+// ML-KEM-768 (FIPS 203) key encapsulation is available in libsodium >= 1.0.22.
+// The header exposes the sizes as preprocessor macros, so their presence is a
+// reliable compile-time feature test.
+#if defined(HAVE_LIBSODIUM) && defined(crypto_kem_mlkem768_PUBLICKEYBYTES)
+#define CRYPTO_MLKEM768_AVAILABLE 1
+#endif
+
 // mbedtls_ct_memcmp is available in 2.28.x+ and 3.1.x+ (absent in 3.0.x)
 #if (MBEDTLS_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x021C0000 && MBEDTLS_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x03000000) \
     || MBEDTLS_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x03010000
@@ -3248,6 +3255,52 @@ term nif_crypto_strong_rand_bytes(Context *ctx, int argc, term argv[])
     return out_bin;
 }
 
+#ifdef CRYPTO_MLKEM768_AVAILABLE
+// crypto:mlkem768_encapsulate(PublicKey) -> {Ciphertext, SharedSecret}
+// ML-KEM-768 (FIPS 203) encapsulation: given a 1184-byte encapsulation key,
+// produce a 1088-byte ciphertext and the 32-byte shared secret. Used by the
+// post-quantum hybrid SSH key exchange (mlkem768x25519-sha256).
+static term nif_crypto_mlkem768_encapsulate(Context *ctx, int argc, term argv[])
+{
+    UNUSED(argc);
+    GlobalContext *glb = ctx->global;
+
+    term pk_term = argv[0];
+    VALIDATE_VALUE(pk_term, term_is_binary);
+    if (UNLIKELY(term_binary_size(pk_term) != crypto_kem_mlkem768_PUBLICKEYBYTES)) {
+        RAISE_ERROR(BADARG_ATOM);
+    }
+    const unsigned char *pk = (const unsigned char *) term_binary_data(pk_term);
+
+    unsigned char ct[crypto_kem_mlkem768_CIPHERTEXTBYTES];
+    unsigned char ss[crypto_kem_mlkem768_SHAREDSECRETBYTES];
+
+    do_sodium_init();
+    if (UNLIKELY(crypto_kem_mlkem768_enc(ct, ss, pk) != 0)) {
+        sodium_memzero(ss, sizeof ss);
+        RAISE_ERROR(make_crypto_error(__FILE__, __LINE__, "ML-KEM-768 encapsulation failed", ctx));
+    }
+
+    if (UNLIKELY(memory_ensure_free(ctx,
+                     TERM_BINARY_HEAP_SIZE(sizeof ct) + TERM_BINARY_HEAP_SIZE(sizeof ss)
+                         + TUPLE_SIZE(2))
+            != MEMORY_GC_OK)) {
+        sodium_memzero(ss, sizeof ss);
+        RAISE_ERROR(OUT_OF_MEMORY_ATOM);
+    }
+
+    term ct_term = term_from_literal_binary(ct, sizeof ct, &ctx->heap, glb);
+    term ss_term = term_from_literal_binary(ss, sizeof ss, &ctx->heap, glb);
+
+    term result = term_alloc_tuple(2, &ctx->heap);
+    term_put_tuple_element(result, 0, ct_term);
+    term_put_tuple_element(result, 1, ss_term);
+
+    sodium_memzero(ss, sizeof ss);
+    return result;
+}
+#endif
+
 static const char *get_mbedtls_version_string_full(char *buf, size_t buf_size)
 {
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_VERSION_C)
@@ -3434,6 +3487,12 @@ static const struct Nif crypto_strong_rand_bytes_nif = {
     .base.type = NIFFunctionType,
     .nif_ptr = nif_crypto_strong_rand_bytes
 };
+#ifdef CRYPTO_MLKEM768_AVAILABLE
+static const struct Nif crypto_mlkem768_encapsulate_nif = {
+    .base.type = NIFFunctionType,
+    .nif_ptr = nif_crypto_mlkem768_encapsulate
+};
+#endif
 static const struct Nif crypto_info_lib = {
     .base.type = NIFFunctionType,
     .nif_ptr = nif_crypto_info_lib
@@ -3547,6 +3606,12 @@ const struct Nif *otp_crypto_nif_get_nif(const char *nifname)
             TRACE("Resolved platform nif %s ...\n", nifname);
             return &crypto_strong_rand_bytes_nif;
         }
+#ifdef CRYPTO_MLKEM768_AVAILABLE
+        if (strcmp("mlkem768_encapsulate/1", rest) == 0) {
+            TRACE("Resolved platform nif %s ...\n", nifname);
+            return &crypto_mlkem768_encapsulate_nif;
+        }
+#endif
         if (strcmp("info_lib/0", rest) == 0) {
             TRACE("Resolved platform nif %s ...\n", nifname);
             return &crypto_info_lib;
diff --git a/src/platforms/generic_unix/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/platforms/generic_unix/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ec0e9e527..1874b64541 100644
--- a/src/platforms/generic_unix/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/platforms/generic_unix/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,8 +116,17 @@ if (AVM_USE_LIBSODIUM)
     pkg_check_modules(LIBSODIUM REQUIRED libsodium)
 
     target_include_directories(libAtomVM${PLATFORM_LIB_SUFFIX} PUBLIC ${LIBSODIUM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    target_link_directories(libAtomVM${PLATFORM_LIB_SUFFIX} PUBLIC ${LIBSODIUM_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-    target_link_libraries(libAtomVM${PLATFORM_LIB_SUFFIX} PUBLIC ${LIBSODIUM_LIBRARIES})
+    if (AVM_STATIC_LIBSODIUM)
+        find_library(LIBSODIUM_STATIC_LIB NAMES libsodium.a PATHS ${LIBSODIUM_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+        if (LIBSODIUM_STATIC_LIB STREQUAL "LIBSODIUM_STATIC_LIB-NOTFOUND")
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "AVM_STATIC_LIBSODIUM=ON but libsodium.a was not found in ${LIBSODIUM_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
+        endif()
+        message(STATUS "Found static libsodium ${LIBSODIUM_STATIC_LIB}")
+        target_link_libraries(libAtomVM${PLATFORM_LIB_SUFFIX} PUBLIC ${LIBSODIUM_STATIC_LIB})
+    else()
+        target_link_directories(libAtomVM${PLATFORM_LIB_SUFFIX} PUBLIC ${LIBSODIUM_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+        target_link_libraries(libAtomVM${PLATFORM_LIB_SUFFIX} PUBLIC ${LIBSODIUM_LIBRARIES})
+    endif()
     target_compile_definitions(libAtomVM${PLATFORM_LIB_SUFFIX} PUBLIC HAVE_LIBSODIUM)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/tests/erlang_tests/test_crypto_pk.erl b/tests/erlang_tests/test_crypto_pk.erl
index 7c0bafc910..8241b807a9 100644
--- a/tests/erlang_tests/test_crypto_pk.erl
+++ b/tests/erlang_tests/test_crypto_pk.erl
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
     test_ed25519_verify_malformed_key/0,
     test_ed25519_sign_bad_digest/0,
     test_ed25519_verify_bad_digest/0,
-    test_x25519_mutual_key_agreement/0
+    test_x25519_mutual_key_agreement/0,
+    test_mlkem768_encapsulate/0
 ]).
 
 start() ->
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ start() ->
     ok = libsodium_conditional_run(test_ed25519_sign_bad_digest),
     ok = libsodium_conditional_run(test_ed25519_verify_bad_digest),
     ok = libsodium_conditional_run(test_x25519_mutual_key_agreement),
+    % libsodium_conditional_run/1 also passes for OpenSSL; gated inside instead.
+    ok = test_mlkem768_encapsulate(),
     0.
 
 otp_version() ->
@@ -425,3 +428,35 @@ test_x25519_mutual_key_agreement() ->
     32 = byte_size(ThirdShared),
 
     ok.
+
+test_mlkem768_encapsulate() ->
+    Pk = <<0:(1184 * 8)>>,
+    case mlkem768_available(Pk) of
+        false ->
+            ok;
+        true ->
+            {Ct, Ss} = crypto:mlkem768_encapsulate(Pk),
+            1088 = byte_size(Ct),
+            32 = byte_size(Ss),
+            %% Encapsulation is randomized.
+            {Ct2, Ss2} = crypto:mlkem768_encapsulate(Pk),
+            true = (Ct =/= Ct2),
+            true = (Ss =/= Ss2),
+            ok = expect_badarg(fun() -> crypto:mlkem768_encapsulate(<<0:8>>) end),
+            ok
+    end.
+
+%% Only undef means ML-KEM is absent; anything else must propagate.
+mlkem768_available(Pk) ->
+    try crypto:mlkem768_encapsulate(Pk) of
+        {_Ct, _Ss} -> true
+    catch
+        error:undef -> false
+    end.
+
+expect_badarg(F) ->
+    try F() of
+        _ -> error
+    catch
+        error:badarg -> ok
+    end.