diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel-static b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel-static
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..bc58c7d706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel-static
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+xbps-devel
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
index 0247bb718c..e141c015f3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ long_desc="
  binary package manager. This packages includes code from a development
  branch available from https://launchpad.net/xbps"
 
+subpackages="$pkgname-static"
 replaces="xbps"
 nofetch=yes
 noextract=yes
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/xbps-devel-static.template b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/xbps-devel-static.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37139711ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/xbps-devel-static.template
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Template file for 'bzip2-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} static binaries"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the static binaries and library, that can be
+ used on any GNU/Linux distribution matching the architecture."
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/sbin ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/sbin/*.static ${DESTDIR}/sbin
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/lib/*.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}