diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ce4fc59..2be304a 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
           static-openssl = (final.openssl.override { static = true; });
           static-zlib = final.zlib.override { shared = false; };
           static-pcre = final.pcre.override { shared = false; };
+          static-libblst = final.libblst.overrideDerivation (old: {
+            configureFlags = old.configureFlags ++ [ "--enable-static" "--disable-shared" ];
+            buildPhase = ''
+              runHook preBuild
+              ./build.sh
+              runHook postBuild
+            '';
+            postFixup = "";
+          });
         });
          # the haskell inline-r package depends on internals of the R
          # project that have been hidden in R 4.2+. See
diff --git a/static.nix b/static.nix
index 39127d6..ffe8ba6 100644
--- a/static.nix
+++ b/static.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ let tool-version-map = import ./tool-map.nix;
                 --ghc-option=-L${lib.getLib static-gmp}/lib \
                 --ghc-option=-L${lib.getLib static-libsodium-vrf}/lib \
                 --ghc-option=-L${lib.getLib static-secp256k1}/lib \
+                --ghc-option=-L${lib.getLib static-libblst}/lib \
                 --ghc-option=-L${lib.getLib static-openssl}/lib
             ;;
             clean|unpack)
@@ -105,15 +106,14 @@ pkgs.mkShell (rec {
         # it _should_ probably call out to a g++ or clang++ but doesn't.
         stdenv.cc.cc.lib
     ]) ++ map lib.getDev ([
-        static-gmp
-
-        zlib
         pcre
-        openssl
+        static-gmp
+        static-openssl
+        static-zlib
     ] ++ lib.optionals withIOG [
-        libblst
-        libsodium-vrf
-        secp256k1
+        static-libblst
+        static-libsodium-vrf
+        static-secp256k1
         #R_4_1_3      # for plutus
         postgresql    # for db-sync
         icu           # for cardano-cli