diff --git a/packaging/dependencies.nix b/packaging/dependencies.nix
index a3d7a73e4..22d4cf9e3 100644
--- a/packaging/dependencies.nix
+++ b/packaging/dependencies.nix
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ let
       # Users who are debugging Nix builds are expected to set the environment variable `mesonBuildType`, per the
       # guidance in https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/8a3fc27f1b63a08ac983ee46435a56cf49ebaf4a/doc/manual/source/development/debugging.md?plain=1#L10.
       # For this reason, we don't want to refer to `finalAttrs.mesonBuildType` here, but rather use the environment variable.
-      preConfigure = prevAttrs.preConfigure or "" + lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows) ''
+      preConfigure = prevAttrs.preConfigure or "" + lib.optionalString (
+        !stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows
+        # build failure
+        && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+      ) ''
         case "$mesonBuildType" in
         release|minsize) appendToVar mesonFlags "-Db_lto=true"  ;;
         *)               appendToVar mesonFlags "-Db_lto=false" ;;
diff --git a/packaging/everything.nix b/packaging/everything.nix
index 0b04d2c6d..33d1bec7f 100644
--- a/packaging/everything.nix
+++ b/packaging/everything.nix
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ let
       nix-store-c
       nix-util
       nix-util-c
+    ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) [
+      # Currently fails in static build
       nix-perl-bindings
     ];
     installPhase = ''
@@ -131,6 +133,8 @@ in
     # (checkInputs must be empty paths??)
     (runCommand "check-pkg-config" { checked = dev.tests.pkg-config; } "mkdir $out")
   ] ++
+    lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) (
+    # Perl currently fails in static build
     (if stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform
     then [
       # TODO: add perl.tests
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ in
     ]
     else [
       nix-perl-bindings
-    ]);
+    ]));
   installCheckInputs = [
     nix-functional-tests
   ];