diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
index 850785cd881..7823d641344 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
@@ -31,12 +31,19 @@ rec {
 
   # Return a modified stdenv that tries to build statically linked
   # binaries.
-  makeStaticBinaries = stdenv: stdenv //
+  makeStaticBinaries = stdenv:
+    let stdenv' = if stdenv.hostPlatform.libc != "glibc" then stdenv else
+      stdenv.override (prev: {
+          extraBuildInputs = prev.extraBuildInputs or [] ++ [
+              stdenv.glibc.static
+            ];
+        });
+    in stdenv' //
     { mkDerivation = args:
-      if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
+      if stdenv'.hostPlatform.isDarwin
       then throw "Cannot build fully static binaries on Darwin/macOS"
-      else stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
-        NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = toString (args.NIX_CFLAGS_LINK or "") + "-static";
+      else stdenv'.mkDerivation (args // {
+        NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = toString (args.NIX_CFLAGS_LINK or "") + " -static";
         configureFlags = (args.configureFlags or []) ++ [
             "--disable-shared" # brrr...
           ];