diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template b/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
index 536ba76152f..a909834995e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'glib-devel'.
 #
+revision=1
 short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ do_install()
 	vmove usr/lib/glib-2.0 usr/lib
 	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
 	vmove usr/lib/gdbus-2.0 usr/lib
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
 
 	for f in gtk-doc aclocal glib-2.0 gdb; do
 		vmove usr/share/${f} usr/share
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/template b/srcpkgs/glib/template
index 2dc7fe931c7..beafac3ff1f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template build file for 'glib'
 pkgname=glib
 version=2.30.3
+revision=1
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glib/2.30/glib-$version.tar.xz"
-configure_args="--disable-fam --with-pcre=system"
+configure_args="--disable-fam --with-pcre=system --enable-static"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="The GNU library of C routines"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"