diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
index eb17e9fc60c3..0fd7062ac6cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, libuuid, gettext, texinfo }:
+{ stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, libuuid, gettext, texinfo, shared ? true }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "e2fsprogs";
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags =
     if stdenv.isLinux then [
-      "--enable-elf-shlibs"
+      # It seems that the e2fsprogs is one of the few packages that cannot be
+      # build with shared and static libs.
+      (if shared then "--enable-elf-shlibs" else "--disable-elf-shlibs")
       "--enable-symlink-install"
       "--enable-relative-symlinks"
       "--with-crond-dir=no"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
index d17080960329..4c728f7f00d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
@@ -82,14 +82,15 @@ in {
   } // optionalAttrs super.stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
     pythonSupport = false;
   });
-  zlib = (super.zlib.override {
+  zlib = super.zlib.override {
     static = true;
     shared = false;
+    splitStaticOutput = false;
 
     # Don’t use new stdenv zlib because
     # it doesn’t like the --disable-shared flag
     stdenv = super.stdenv;
-  }).static;
+  };
   xz = super.xz.override {
     enableStatic = true;
   };
@@ -177,6 +178,10 @@ in {
     gssSupport = false;
   };
 
+  e2fsprogs = super.e2fsprogs.override {
+    shared = false;
+  };
+
   brotli = super.brotli.override {
     staticOnly = true;
   };