5 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/brotli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/brotli/default.nix
index f4f0ac41563a3..62873569aae16 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/brotli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/brotli/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, fetchpatch, staticOnly ? false }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, fetchpatch
+, staticOnly ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 # ?TODO: there's also python lib in there
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/zstd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/zstd/default.nix
index c26ca507525fb..d805602e0dfd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/zstd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/zstd/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , fixDarwinDylibNames
 , file
 , legacySupport ? false
-, static ? false
+, static ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
index f846bf1f2001a..f26a41ce14265 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, libuuid, gettext, texinfo, shared ? true }:
+{ stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, libuuid, gettext, texinfo
+, shared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "e2fsprogs";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/gifsicle/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/gifsicle/default.nix
index 007ba0f99720a..72220fab48035 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/gifsicle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/gifsicle/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, xorgproto, libXt, libX11, gifview ? false, static ? false }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, xorgproto, libXt, libX11
+, gifview ? false
+, static ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
index 82245f4cd26da..6f1c202a91cc5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 , gnutlsSupport ? false, gnutls ? null
 , wolfsslSupport ? false, wolfssl ? null
 , scpSupport ? zlibSupport && !stdenv.isSunOS && !stdenv.isCygwin, libssh2 ? null
-, gssSupport ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows, libkrb5 ? null
+, # a very sad story re static: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=439039
+  gssSupport ? with stdenv.hostPlatform; !isWindows && !isStatic, libkrb5 ? null
 , c-aresSupport ? false, c-ares ? null
 , brotliSupport ? false, brotli ? null
 }: