diff --git a/pkgs/servers/gpm/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/gpm/default.nix
index 9ae20cd2c13..cb664eac253 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/gpm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/gpm/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ''
       sed -e 's/[$](MKDIR)/mkdir -p /' -i doc/Makefile.in
     '';
-      
+
+  # Its configure script does not allow --disable-static
+  # Disabling this, we make cross-builds easier, because having
+  # cross-built static libraries we either have to disable stripping
+  # or fixing the gpm users, because there -lgpm will fail.
+  postInstall = ''
+    rm -f $out/lib/*.a
+    ln -s $out/lib/libgpm.so.2 $out/lib/libgpm.so
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/;
     description = "A daemon that provides mouse support on the Linux console";