diff --git a/src/allmydata/storage_client.py b/src/allmydata/storage_client.py
index 26c4e0014..98c368a93 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/storage_client.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/storage_client.py
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ from allmydata.util.observer import ObserverList
 from allmydata.util.rrefutil import add_version_to_remote_reference
 from allmydata.util.hashutil import sha1
 
+def get_serverid_from_furl(furl):
+    m = re.match(r'pb://(\w+)@', furl)
+    assert m, furl
+    id = m.group(1).lower()
+    return base32.a2b(id)
+
 # who is responsible for de-duplication?
 #  both?
 #  IC remembers the unpacked announcements it receives, to provide for late
@@ -80,6 +86,7 @@ class StorageFarmBroker(service.MultiService):
         # own Reconnector, and will give us a RemoteReference when we ask
         # them for it.
         self.servers = {}
+        self.static_servers = []
         self.introducer_client = None
         self._threshold_listeners = [] # tuples of (threshold, Deferred)
         self._connected_high_water_mark = 0
@@ -97,7 +104,7 @@ class StorageFarmBroker(service.MultiService):
 
     # these two are used in unit tests
     def test_add_rref(self, serverid, rref, ann):
-        s = NativeStorageServer(serverid, ann.copy())
+        s = NativeStorageServer(serverid, ann.copy(), self._tub_options, self._tub_handlers)
         s.rref = rref
         s._is_connected = True
         self.servers[serverid] = s
@@ -127,20 +134,25 @@ class StorageFarmBroker(service.MultiService):
                 remaining.append( (threshold, d) )
         self._threshold_listeners = remaining
 
+    def got_static_announcement(self, key_s, ann):
+        server_id = get_serverid_from_furl(ann["anonymous-storage-FURL"])
+        assert server_id not in self.static_servers # XXX
+        self.static_servers.append(server_id)
+        self._got_announcement(key_s, ann)
+
     def _got_announcement(self, key_s, ann):
-        if key_s is not None:
-            precondition(isinstance(key_s, str), key_s)
-            precondition(key_s.startswith("v0-"), key_s)
-        assert ann["service-name"] == "storage"
+        precondition(isinstance(key_s, str), key_s)
+        precondition(key_s.startswith("v0-"), key_s)
+        precondition(ann["service-name"] == "storage", ann["service-name"])
         s = NativeStorageServer(key_s, ann, self._tub_options, self._tub_handlers)
         s.on_status_changed(lambda _: self._got_connection())
-        serverid = s.get_serverid()
-        old = self.servers.get(serverid)
-        if old:
+        server_id = s.get_serverid()
+        old = self.servers.get(server_id)
+        if old and server_id not in self.static_servers:
             if old.get_announcement() == ann:
                 return # duplicate
             # replacement
-            del self.servers[serverid]
+            del self.servers[server_id]
             old.stop_connecting()
             old.disownServiceParent()
             # NOTE: this disownServiceParent() returns a Deferred that
@@ -156,8 +168,8 @@ class StorageFarmBroker(service.MultiService):
             # cycles around when they fire earlier than that, which will
             # almost always be the case for normal runtime).
         # now we forget about them and start using the new one
-        self.servers[serverid] = s
         s.setServiceParent(self)
+        self.servers[server_id] = s
         s.start_connecting(self._trigger_connections)
         # the descriptor will manage their own Reconnector, and each time we
         # need servers, we'll ask them if they're connected or not.
@@ -346,11 +358,13 @@ class NativeStorageServer(service.MultiService):
             available_space = protocol_v1_version.get('maximum-immutable-share-size', None)
         return available_space
 
+
     def start_connecting(self, trigger_cb):
         self._tub = Tub()
         for (name, value) in self._tub_options.items():
             self._tub.setOption(name, value)
-        # XXX todo: do stuff with the handlers
+
+        # XXX todo: set tub handlers
         self._tub.setServiceParent(self)
         furl = str(self.announcement["anonymous-storage-FURL"])
         self._trigger_cb = trigger_cb
diff --git a/src/allmydata/test/test_storage_client.py b/src/allmydata/test/test_storage_client.py
index a80a3ed8c..dabd11592 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/test/test_storage_client.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/test/test_storage_client.py
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ class TestNativeStorageServer(unittest.TestCase):
 
 class TestStorageFarmBroker(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def test_static_announcement(self):
+        broker = StorageFarmBroker(True)
+
+        key_s = 'v0-1234-{}'.format(1)
+        ann = {
+            "service-name": "storage",
+            "anonymous-storage-FURL": "pb://{}@nowhere/fake".format(base32.b2a(str(1))),
+            "permutation-seed-base32": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
+        }
+        broker.got_static_announcement(key_s, ann)
+        self.failUnlessEqual(len(broker.static_servers), 1)
+        self.failUnlessEqual(broker.servers['1'].announcement, ann)
+        self.failUnlessEqual(broker.servers['1'].key_s, key_s)
+
     @inlineCallbacks
     def test_threshold_reached(self):
         introducer = Mock()