diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/brotli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/brotli/default.nix
index 33b6f12cd46c..229c6c8b8e4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/brotli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/brotli/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, fetchpatch, staticOnly ? false }:
 
 # ?TODO: there's also python lib in there
 
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = [];
+  patches = stdenv.lib.optional staticOnly (fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://github.com/google/brotli/pull/655/commits/7289e5a378ba13801996a84d89d8fe95c3fc4c11.patch";
+    sha256 = "1bghbdvj24jrvb0sqfdif9vwg7wx6pn8dvl6flkrcjkhpj0gi0jg";
+  });
+
+  cmakeFlags = []
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional staticOnly "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "lib" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
index f3c524378ea9..6a311b4c9d23 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  brotli = super.brotli.override {
+    staticOnly = true;
+  };
+
   llvmPackages_8 = super.llvmPackages_8 // {
     libraries = super.llvmPackages_8.libraries // rec {
       libcxxabi = super.llvmPackages_8.libraries.libcxxabi.override {