diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
index 8ece43f87b0f..8f62bd24dda1 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
@@ -62,8 +62,21 @@ rec {
         ];
         mesonFlags = (args.mesonFlags or []) ++ [ "-Ddefault_library=static" ];
       });
+      static = true;
     };
 
+
+  /* Modify a stdenv so that all buildInputs are implicitly propagated to
+     consuming derivations
+  */
+  propagateBuildInputs = stdenv: stdenv //
+    { mkDerivation = args: stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
+        propagatedBuildInputs = (args.propagatedBuildInputs or []) ++ (args.buildInputs or []);
+        buildInputs = [];
+      });
+    };
+
+
   /* Modify a stdenv so that the specified attributes are added to
      every derivation returned by its mkDerivation function.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
index 476ad9de3e95..108c6006fb64 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 
 self: super: let
   inherit (super.stdenvAdapters) makeStaticBinaries
-                                 makeStaticLibraries;
+                                 makeStaticLibraries
+                                 propagateBuildInputs;
   inherit (super.lib) foldl optional flip id composeExtensions;
   inherit (super) makeSetupHook;
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ self: super: let
     });
   };
 
-  staticAdapters = [ makeStaticLibraries ]
+  staticAdapters = [ makeStaticLibraries propagateBuildInputs ]
 
     # Apple does not provide a static version of libSystem or crt0.o
     # So we can’t build static binaries without extensive hacks.
@@ -53,6 +54,14 @@ self: super: let
 
 in {
   stdenv = foldl (flip id) super.stdenv staticAdapters;
+  gcc49Stdenv = foldl (flip id) super.gcc49Stdenv staticAdapters;
+  gcc5Stdenv = foldl (flip id) super.gcc5Stdenv staticAdapters;
+  gcc6Stdenv = foldl (flip id) super.gcc6Stdenv staticAdapters;
+  gcc7Stdenv = foldl (flip id) super.gcc7Stdenv staticAdapters;
+  gcc8Stdenv = foldl (flip id) super.gcc8Stdenv staticAdapters;
+  gcc9Stdenv = foldl (flip id) super.gcc9Stdenv staticAdapters;
+  clangStdenv = foldl (flip id) super.clangStdenv staticAdapters;
+  libcxxStdenv = foldl (flip id) super.libcxxStdenv staticAdapters;
 
   haskell = super.haskell // {
     packageOverrides = composeExtensions