diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-glib/json-glib-devel.template b/srcpkgs/json-glib/json-glib-devel.template
index 1323cda64ad..0badbf2492e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/json-glib/json-glib-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-glib/json-glib-devel.template
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'json-glib-devel'.
 #
+revision=1
 short_desc="${sourcepkg} - development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ Add_dependency run json-glib
 
 do_install()
 {
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
 	vmove usr/include usr
 	vmove usr/share usr
 	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-glib/template b/srcpkgs/json-glib/template
index 3f0456a330f..15de4abf49d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/json-glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-glib/template
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # Template build file for 'json-glib'.
 pkgname=json-glib
 version=0.14.2
+revision=1
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/0.14/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+configure_args="--enable-static"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 revision=2
 short_desc="A JSON parser for GLib-based libraries and applications"