diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/default.nix
index 703131da1db..305d9220685 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ rec {
     inherit postprocess extra extra2;
   };
 
+/*
+
   glibc = derivation {
     name = "glibc";
     builder = ./bash-static/bash;
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ rec {
     args = [ ./scripts/glibc-build ];
   };
 
+*/
+
   coreutils = download {url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/coreutils-5.0-static.tar.gz; pkgname = "coreutils";};
 
   bzip2 = download {url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/bzip2-1.0.2-static.tar.gz; pkgname = "bzip2";};
@@ -62,15 +66,14 @@ rec {
 
   linuxHeaders = download {url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/linux-headers-2.4.25-i386.tar.gz; pkgname = "linux-headers";};
 
-/*
   glibc = download {
     url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/glibc-2.3.3-static-2.tar.gz;
     pkgname = "glibc";
+    patchelf = ./patchelf-static/patchelf;
     postprocess = ./scripts/add-symlink.sh;
     extra = linuxHeaders;
     extra2 = coreutils;
   };
-*/
 
   stdenvInitial = let {
 
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/patchelf-static/patchelf b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/patchelf-static/patchelf
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..d0ac6a22f61
Binary files /dev/null and b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/patchelf-static/patchelf differ
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/add-symlink.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/add-symlink.sh
index e6a8f7cfc11..4241d237d9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/add-symlink.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/add-symlink.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 $extra2/bin/chmod u+w $out/include
 (cd $out/include && $extra2/bin/ln -s $extra/include/* .) || exit 1
+
+$patchelf --interpreter $out/lib/ld-linux.so.2 *