diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
index 942231ebb3ea..c6da42738c6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/qyliss/glib/-/commit/339a06d66685107280ca6bdca5da5d96b8222fb5.patch";
       sha256 = "sha256-/NdFkuiJvyass3jTDEJPeciA2Lwe53IUd3kAnKAvTaw=";
     })
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/2867
+    ./tests-skip-shared-libs-if-default_library-static.patch
 
     ./skip-timer-test.patch
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/tests-skip-shared-libs-if-default_library-static.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/tests-skip-shared-libs-if-default_library-static.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..681e361896e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/tests-skip-shared-libs-if-default_library-static.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+From b804e4b82cd8e85631112d935543c62ef56783e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
+Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:13:44 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] tests: skip shared libs if default_library=static
+
+Otherwise, the build will fail when the toolchain is static-only, even
+with -Ddefault_library=static.  I talked to a Meson developer in their
+IRC channel, who told me that the correct fix was to ensure that
+shared_library is only used if default_library != static.
+
+Part-of: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/2867
+[Backported to 2.72.3]
+---
+ gio/tests/meson.build  | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
+ glib/tests/meson.build |  2 +-
+ tests/meson.build      | 30 +++++++++++++++--------------
+ 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/gio/tests/meson.build b/gio/tests/meson.build
+index 3ed23a5f2..7b1aba80d 100644
+--- a/gio/tests/meson.build
++++ b/gio/tests/meson.build
+@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
+   }
+ 
+   # LD_PRELOAD modules don't work so well with AddressSanitizer
+-  if have_rtld_next and get_option('b_sanitize') == 'none'
++  if have_rtld_next and get_option('default_library') != 'static' and get_option('b_sanitize') == 'none'
+     gio_tests += {
+       'gsocketclient-slow' : {
+         'depends' : [
+@@ -607,24 +607,26 @@ if not meson.is_cross_build() or meson.has_exe_wrapper()
+ 
+   compiler_type = '--compiler=@0@'.format(cc.get_id())
+ 
+-  plugin_resources_c = custom_target('plugin-resources.c',
+-    input : 'test4.gresource.xml',
+-    output : 'plugin-resources.c',
+-    command : [glib_compile_resources,
+-               compiler_type,
+-               '--target=@OUTPUT@',
+-               '--sourcedir=' + meson.current_source_dir(),
+-               '--internal',
+-               '--generate-source',
+-               '--c-name', '_g_plugin',
+-               '@INPUT@'])
++  if get_option('default_library') != 'static'
++    plugin_resources_c = custom_target('plugin-resources.c',
++      input : 'test4.gresource.xml',
++      output : 'plugin-resources.c',
++      command : [glib_compile_resources,
++                 compiler_type,
++                 '--target=@OUTPUT@',
++                 '--sourcedir=' + meson.current_source_dir(),
++                 '--internal',
++                 '--generate-source',
++                 '--c-name', '_g_plugin',
++                 '@INPUT@'])
+ 
+-  shared_module('resourceplugin', 'resourceplugin.c', plugin_resources_c,
+-    link_args : export_dynamic_ldflags,
+-    dependencies : common_gio_tests_deps,
+-    install_dir : installed_tests_execdir,
+-    install : installed_tests_enabled
+-  )
++    shared_module('resourceplugin', 'resourceplugin.c', plugin_resources_c,
++      link_args : export_dynamic_ldflags,
++      dependencies : common_gio_tests_deps,
++      install_dir : installed_tests_execdir,
++      install : installed_tests_enabled
++    )
++  endif
+ 
+   # referenced by test2.gresource.xml
+   big_test_resource = custom_target(
+@@ -917,4 +919,7 @@ if installed_tests_enabled
+ endif
+ 
+ subdir('services')
+-subdir('modules')
++
++if get_option('default_library') != 'static'
++  subdir('modules')
++endif
+diff --git a/glib/tests/meson.build b/glib/tests/meson.build
+index 301158e0f..6203ff45e 100644
+--- a/glib/tests/meson.build
++++ b/glib/tests/meson.build
+@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ else
+     'include' : {},
+     'unix' : {},
+   }
+-  if have_rtld_next
++  if have_rtld_next and get_option('default_library') != 'static'
+     glib_tests += {
+       'gutils-user-database' : {
+         'depends' : [
+diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
+index c95fa1d00..25144c941 100644
+--- a/tests/meson.build
++++ b/tests/meson.build
+@@ -72,20 +72,22 @@ if ['darwin', 'ios'].contains(host_machine.system())
+   module_suffix = 'so'
+ endif
+ 
+-foreach module : ['moduletestplugin_a', 'moduletestplugin_b']
+-  shared_module(module + '_plugin', 'lib@0@.c'.format(module),
+-    dependencies : [libglib_dep, libgmodule_dep],
+-    install_dir : installed_tests_execdir,
+-    install : installed_tests_enabled,
+-    name_suffix : module_suffix
+-  )
+-  shared_library(module + '_library', 'lib@0@.c'.format(module),
+-    dependencies : [libglib_dep, libgmodule_dep],
+-    install_dir : installed_tests_execdir,
+-    install : installed_tests_enabled,
+-    name_suffix : module_suffix
+-  )
+-endforeach
++if get_option('default_library') != 'static'
++  foreach module : ['moduletestplugin_a', 'moduletestplugin_b']
++    shared_module(module + '_plugin', 'lib@0@.c'.format(module),
++      dependencies : [libglib_dep, libgmodule_dep],
++      install_dir : installed_tests_execdir,
++      install : installed_tests_enabled,
++      name_suffix : module_suffix
++    )
++    shared_library(module + '_library', 'lib@0@.c'.format(module),
++      dependencies : [libglib_dep, libgmodule_dep],
++      install_dir : installed_tests_execdir,
++      install : installed_tests_enabled,
++      name_suffix : module_suffix
++    )
++  endforeach
++endif
+ 
+ common_c_args = test_cargs + ['-DGLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS']
+ common_deps = [libm, thread_dep, libglib_dep]
+-- 
+2.37.1
+