diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgee/libgee-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libgee/libgee-devel.template
index 18a89f8ce57..fab7c0847df 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgee/libgee-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgee/libgee-devel.template
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libgee-devel'.
 #
+revision=1
 short_desc="${sourcepkg} - development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ Add_dependency run libgee
 
 do_install()
 {
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
 	vmove usr/include usr
 	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
 	vmove usr/share/gir-1.0 usr/share
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgee/template b/srcpkgs/libgee/template
index d2c3faee190..1bd10bb69a5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgee/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgee/template
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'libgee'
 pkgname=libgee
 version=0.6.4
+revision=1
 homepage="http://live.gnome.org/Libgee"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/0.6/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
+configure_args="--enable-static"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="GObject collection library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"