diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xstow/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xstow/default.nix
index 079f4e67579d..c46bef50caf2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/xstow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xstow/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, ncurses }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, ncurses, autoreconfHook }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "xstow";
   version = "1.1.0";
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-wXQ5XSmogAt1torfarrqIU4nBYj69MGM/HBYqeIE+dw=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  # Upstream seems to try to support building both static and dynamic version
+  # of executable on dynamic systems, but fails with link error when attempting
+  # to cross-build "xstow-static" to the system where "xstow" proper is static.
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic ''
+    substituteInPlace src/Makefile.am --replace xstow-static ""
+    substituteInPlace src/Makefile.am --replace xstow-stow ""
+  '';
+
   buildInputs = [
     ncurses
   ];