diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/multi.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/multi.nix
index 002c5aa35fb3..a57658520458 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/multi.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/multi.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ runCommand "${nameVersion.name}-multi-${nameVersion.version}"
       "out"
       "bin"
       "dev"
-    ]; # TODO: no static version here (yet)
+      "static"
+    ];
     passthru = {
       libgcc = lib.lists.filter (x: x != null) [
         (glibc64.libgcc or null)
@@ -42,4 +43,13 @@ runCommand "${nameVersion.name}-multi-${nameVersion.version}"
     cp -rs '${glibc32.dev}'/include "$dev/"
     chmod +w -R "$dev"
     cp -rsf '${glibc64.dev}'/include "$dev/"
+
+    mkdir -p "$static/lib" "$static/lib64"
+    # create symlinks for files used for dynamic linking
+    # -> removing this will cause dynamically linked programs to segfault
+    cp -rs '${glibc32.out}'/lib/* "$static/lib"
+    cp -rs '${glibc64.out}'/lib/* "$static/lib64"
+    # create symlinks for files used for static linking
+    cp -rs '${glibc32.static}'/lib/* "$static/lib"
+    cp -rs '${glibc64.static}'/lib/* "$static/lib64"
   ''