diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/talloc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/talloc/default.nix
index 2459284b270..97b633cbff1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/talloc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/talloc/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--builtin-libraries=replace"
   ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    ar qf $out/lib/libtalloc.a bin/default/talloc_5.o
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Hierarchical pool based memory allocator with destructors";
     homepage = http://tdb.samba.org/;