diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/builder.sh
index 3b077cbb3fd..7db93dc3bcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/builder.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ postConfigure() {
 
     export NIX_DONT_SET_RPATH=1
     unset CFLAGS
+
+    # Apparently --bindir is not respected.
+    makeFlagsArray+=("bindir=$bin/bin" "sbindir=$bin/sbin" "rootsbindir=$bin/sbin")
 }
 
 
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ postInstall() {
     if test -z "$hurdHeaders"; then
         # Include the Linux kernel headers in Glibc, except the `scsi'
         # subdirectory, which Glibc provides itself.
-        (cd $out/include && \
+        (cd $dev/include && \
          ln -sv $(ls -d $kernelHeaders/include/* | grep -v 'scsi$') .)
     fi
 
@@ -52,6 +55,17 @@ postInstall() {
 
     # Get rid of more unnecessary stuff.
     rm -rf $out/var $out/sbin/sln
+
+    # Put libraries for static linking in a separate output.  Note
+    # that libc_nonshared.a and libpthread_nonshared.a are required
+    # for dynamically-linked applications.
+    mkdir -p $static/lib
+    mv $out/lib/*.a $static/lib
+    mv $static/lib/lib*_nonshared.a $out/lib
+
+    # Work around a Nix bug: hard links across outputs cause a build failure.
+    cp $bin/bin/getconf $bin/bin/getconf_
+    mv $bin/bin/getconf_ $bin/bin/getconf
 }
 
 genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/locales.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/locales.nix
index 9f9fb86a396..08c791b4131 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/locales.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/locales.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ build null {
   # $TMPDIR/nix/store/...-glibc-.../lib/locale/locale-archive.
   buildPhase =
     ''
-      mkdir -p $TMPDIR/"$(dirname $(readlink -f $(type -p localedef)))/../lib/locale"
+      mkdir -p $TMPDIR/"${stdenv.gcc.libc}/lib/locale"
 
       # Hack to allow building of the locales (needed since glibc-2.12)
       sed -i -e "s,^LOCALEDEF=.*,LOCALEDEF=localedef --prefix=$TMPDIR," -e \