diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.x.nix
index cba8d394c2b..9e28334804b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.x.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, m4, cxx ? true }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, m4, cxx ? true, withStatic ? false }:
 
 with { inherit (stdenv.lib) optional; };
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   name = "gmp-5.1.3";
 
   src = fetchurl { # we need to use bz2, others aren't in bootstrapping stdenv
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "http://gmplib.org/";
     description = "GMP, the GNU multiple precision arithmetic library";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
 
     longDescription =
       '' GMP is a free library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, operating
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
          asymptotically faster algorithms.
       '';
 
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.simons ];
   };
 }
+  // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs withStatic { dontDisableStatic = true; }
+)
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 685a8b7705d..fd81f36e379 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2933,7 +2933,10 @@ let
 
   # Import Haskell infrastructure.
 
-  haskell = callPackage ./haskell-defaults.nix { inherit pkgs; };
+  haskell = let pkgs_       = pkgs // { gmp = gmp.override { withStatic = true; }; };
+                callPackage = newScope pkgs_;
+                newScope    = extra: lib.callPackageWith (pkgs_ // pkgs_.xorg // extra);
+            in callPackage ./haskell-defaults.nix { pkgs = pkgs_; inherit callPackage newScope; };
 
   # Available GHC versions.