diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdeflate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdeflate/default.nix
index 3fb89091aa0d..449a3d309cd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdeflate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdeflate/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fixDarwinDylibNames }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchpatch, fetchFromGitHub, fixDarwinDylibNames, pkgsStatic }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libdeflate";
@@ -11,10 +11,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-P7YbuhP2/zJCpE9dxZev1yy5oda8WKAHY84ZLTL8gVs=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/ebiggers/libdeflate/commit/ee4d18872bfe09a32cfd031c716b9069a04a50a0.diff";
+      sha256 = "0d2lllg60zbbbch0w0qrcqijrgski8xlsy5llg3i684d66ci538a";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace Makefile --replace /usr/local $out
   '';
 
+  makeFlags = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic [ "DISABLE_SHARED=1"];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames;
 
   configurePhase = ''
@@ -23,11 +32,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  passthru.tests.static = pkgsStatic.libdeflate;
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Fast DEFLATE/zlib/gzip compressor and decompressor";
     license = licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://github.com/ebiggers/libdeflate";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej kaction ];
   };
 }