diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/yices/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/yices/default.nix
index e1faac0fa41..f495ee257ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/yices/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/yices/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, gmp, gperf, autoreconfHook }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gmp-static, gperf, autoreconfHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name    = "yices-${version}";
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1da70n0cah0dh3pk7fcrvjkszx9qmhc0csgl15jqa7bdh707k2zs";
   };
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-static-gmp=${gmp.static}/lib/libgmp.a"
-                     "--with-static-gmp-include-dir=${gmp.dev}/include"
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-static-gmp=${gmp-static.out}/lib/libgmp.a"
+                     "--with-static-gmp-include-dir=${gmp-static.dev}/include"
                    ];
-  buildInputs = [ gmp gperf autoreconfHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ gmp-static gperf autoreconfHook ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "A high-performance theorem prover and SMT solver";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2a6ef1ed9d0..ffa1b6326aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14474,7 +14474,9 @@ let
 
   why3 = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/why3 {};
 
-  yices = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/yices {};
+  yices = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/yices {
+    gmp-static = gmp.override { withStatic = true; };
+  };
 
   z3 = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/z3 {};
   z3_opt = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/z3_opt {};