diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/template b/srcpkgs/glib/template
index 0576ef65fa0..a05cf5e301b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=glib
 version=2.58.0
 revision=5
 build_style=meson
-configure_args="-Dfam=false -Dman=true -Dselinux=false"
+configure_args="-Dfam=false -Dman=true -Dselinux=false --default-library=both"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 libxslt docbook-xsl"
 makedepends="zlib-devel pcre-devel libffi-devel dbus-devel elfutils-devel
  libmount-devel m4"
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ libglib-devel_package() {
 		vmove usr/lib/glib-2.0
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
 	}
 }
+
 glib-devel_package() {
 	depends="python3 libglib-devel>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"