diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index e91f7d43ef..56f79f5801 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ GLIBC/HURD for a Hurd host"
 ;; Below are old libc versions, which we use mostly to build locale data in
 ;; the old format (which the new libc cannot cope with.)
 
-(define glibc-2.26-patched
+(define glibc-2.26-patched-boot
   (package
     (inherit glibc)
     (source (origin
@@ -849,6 +849,31 @@ GLIBC/HURD for a Hurd host"
               (patches (cons (search-patch "glibc-allow-kernel-2.6.32.patch")
                              (origin-patches (package-source glibc))))))))
 
+(define patched-static-bash
+  (package
+    (inherit static-bash)
+    (arguments
+     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments static-bash)
+       ((#:configure-flags flags '())
+        ;; Add a '-L' flag so that the pseudo-cross-ld of
+        ;; BINUTILS-BOOT0 can find libc.a.
+        `(append ,flags
+                 (list (string-append "LDFLAGS=-static -L"
+                                      (assoc-ref %build-inputs
+                                                 "libc-patched:static")
+                                      "/lib"))))))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("libc-patched" ,glibc-2.26-patched-boot)
+       ("libc-patched:static" ,glibc-2.26-patched-boot "static")))))
+
+(define glibc-2.26-patched
+  (package
+    (inherit glibc-2.26-patched-boot)
+    (inputs `(("static-bash" ,patched-static-bash)
+              ,@(alist-delete
+                 "static-bash"
+                 (package-inputs glibc-2.26-patched-boot))))))
+
 (define-public glibc-2.25
   (package
     (inherit glibc)