diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/multiple-outputs.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/multiple-outputs.sh
index 8a62c57dbd071..cf7b8b0a95366 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/multiple-outputs.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/multiple-outputs.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 preConfigureHooks+=(_multioutConfig)
 preFixupHooks+=(_multioutDocs)
 preFixupHooks+=(_multioutDevs)
+preFixupHooks+=(_multioutStatics)
 postFixupHooks+=(_multioutPropagateDev)
 
 # _assignFirst varName otherVarNames*
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ _overrideFirst outputInclude "$outputDev"
 # so-libs are often among the main things to keep, and so go to $out
 _overrideFirst outputLib "lib" "out"
 
+# static library files shouldn't be installed adjacent to dynamic libs, since
+# they are only ever used at build-time. Put them in $dev.
+_overrideFirst outputStatic "static" "$outputDev"
+
 _overrideFirst outputDoc "doc" "out"
 _overrideFirst outputDevdoc "devdoc" REMOVE # documentation for developers
 # man and info pages are small and often useful to distribute with binaries
@@ -179,6 +184,25 @@ _multioutDevs() {
     done
 }
 
+# Move static libraries to the desired outputs.
+_multioutStatics() {
+    if [ "$(getAllOutputNames)" = "out" ] || [ -z "${moveToStatic-1}" ]; then return; fi;
+
+    moveToOutput "lib/*.a" "${!outputStatic}"
+
+    local as=`find "${!outputStatic}/lib" -name "*.a" -type f`
+    local acount=`echo -n "$as" | wc -l`
+    if [ $acount != 0 ]; then
+        # Some of *.a files are linker scripts where moving broke the paths.
+        local output
+        for output in $outputs; do
+            if [ "${!output}" = "${!outputStatic}" ]; then continue; fi
+            sed "/^GROUP/s|${!output}/lib/lib|${!outputStatic}/lib/lib|g" \
+              -i $as
+        done
+    fi
+}
+
 # Make the "dev" propagate other outputs needed for development.
 _multioutPropagateDev() {
     if [ "$(getAllOutputNames)" = "out" ]; then return; fi;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
index 1c0c1b09e1542..e395e334cf6ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ in
     '';
 
     separateDebugInfo = true;
+    moveToStatic = false; # Default $static output handling breaks things in this drv.
 
     passthru =
       (previousAttrs.passthru or {})