diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template b/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
index a909834995e..c26c9b7ea2c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'glib-devel'.
 #
-revision=1
+revision=2
 short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/patches/pkgconfig-libpcre-static-linking.patch b/srcpkgs/glib/patches/pkgconfig-libpcre-static-linking.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..85ca3596a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/patches/pkgconfig-libpcre-static-linking.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From 15437a7e5a89dcb2a812f829bc8e9e1db7ce350b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sam Thursfield <sam.thursfield@codethink.co.uk>
+Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:48:27 +0000
+Subject: Link to libpcre correctly when static linking
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=665298
+---
+diff --git a/glib-2.0.pc.in b/glib-2.0.pc.in
+index ec4256d..2e638f6 100644
+--- a/glib-2.0.pc.in
++++ b/glib-2.0.pc.in
+@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ glib_mkenums=glib-mkenums
+ Name: GLib
+ Description: C Utility Library
+ Version: @VERSION@
++Requires.private: @PCRE_REQUIRES@
+ Libs: -L${libdir} -lglib-2.0 @INTLLIBS@
+ Libs.private: @ICONV_LIBS@ @GLIB_RT_LIBS@
+ Cflags: -I${includedir}/glib-2.0 -I${libdir}/glib-2.0/include @GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS@
+--
+cgit v0.9.0.2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/template b/srcpkgs/glib/template
index beafac3ff1f..2502396fdc4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template build file for 'glib'
 pkgname=glib
 version=2.30.3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glib/2.30/glib-$version.tar.xz"
+patch_args="-Np1"
 configure_args="--disable-fam --with-pcre=system --enable-static"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="The GNU library of C routines"