diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs/2.16/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs/2.16/glib/default.nix
index 1966c426e2a..a657ae32227 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs/2.16/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs/2.16/glib/default.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,24 @@ args: with args;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "glib-2.20.1";
-  
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/glib/2.20/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "0ndgshcqzpj3piwmag3vrsv3rg4pnr12y70knl7z0k2i03cy5bav";
   };
-  
+
   buildInputs = [pkgconfig gettext perl];
 
+  # TODO: The setup script adds --disable-static to ./configure by
+  # default. The nbd-server, however, would like to link this library
+  # statically (so that nbd-server can itself be a static binary). I
+  # have no clue how to solve it properly, but a solution that would
+  # work is this one:
+  #
+  # configureFlags = "--enable-static";
+  #
+  # There has to be a better way?
+
   meta = {
     description = "GLib, a C library of programming buildings blocks";