diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index 91179af6..ce8857a6 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -348,13 +348,14 @@ class Sanic:
     # Static Files
     def static(self, uri, file_or_directory, pattern=r'/?.+',
                use_modified_since=True, use_content_range=False,
-               stream_large_files=False, name='static', host=None):
+               stream_large_files=False, name='static', host=None,
+               strict_slashes=None):
         """Register a root to serve files from. The input can either be a
         file or a directory. See
         """
         static_register(self, uri, file_or_directory, pattern,
                         use_modified_since, use_content_range,
-                        stream_large_files, name, host)
+                        stream_large_files, name, host, strict_slashes)
 
     def blueprint(self, blueprint, **options):
         """Register a blueprint on the application.
diff --git a/sanic/blueprints.py b/sanic/blueprints.py
index e8018326..f9159168 100644
--- a/sanic/blueprints.py
+++ b/sanic/blueprints.py
@@ -221,8 +221,12 @@ class Blueprint:
         name = kwargs.pop('name', 'static')
         if not name.startswith(self.name + '.'):
             name = '{}.{}'.format(self.name, name)
-
         kwargs.update(name=name)
+
+        strict_slashes = kwargs.get('strict_slashes')
+        if strict_slashes is None and self.strict_slashes is not None:
+            kwargs.update(strict_slashes=self.strict_slashes)
+
         static = FutureStatic(uri, file_or_directory, args, kwargs)
         self.statics.append(static)
 
diff --git a/sanic/static.py b/sanic/static.py
index 1ebd7291..f2d02ab0 100644
--- a/sanic/static.py
+++ b/sanic/static.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ from sanic.response import file, file_stream, HTTPResponse
 
 def register(app, uri, file_or_directory, pattern,
              use_modified_since, use_content_range,
-             stream_large_files, name='static', host=None):
+             stream_large_files, name='static', host=None,
+             strict_slashes=None):
     # TODO: Though sanic is not a file server, I feel like we should at least
     #       make a good effort here.  Modified-since is nice, but we could
     #       also look into etags, expires, and caching
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ def register(app, uri, file_or_directory, pattern,
                     if isinstance(stream_large_files, int):
                         threshold = stream_large_files
                     else:
-                        threshold = 1024*1000
+                        threshold = 1024 * 1024
 
                     if not stats:
                         stats = await stat(file_path)
@@ -122,4 +123,5 @@ def register(app, uri, file_or_directory, pattern,
     if not name.startswith('_static_'):
         name = '_static_{}'.format(name)
 
-    app.route(uri, methods=['GET', 'HEAD'], name=name, host=host)(_handler)
+    app.route(uri, methods=['GET', 'HEAD'], name=name, host=host,
+              strict_slashes=strict_slashes)(_handler)