diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 14ee8e1ad..397cf0eb8 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -140,10 +140,11 @@
               config.permittedInsecurePackages = [ "nix-2.13.6" ];
             };
           stdenvs = forAllStdenvs (make-pkgs null);
+          static-stdenvs = forAllStdenvs (name: (make-pkgs null name).pkgsStatic);
           native = stdenvs.stdenvPackages;
         in
         {
-          inherit stdenvs native;
+          inherit stdenvs native static-stdenvs;
           static = native.pkgsStatic;
           cross = forAllCrossSystems (crossSystem: make-pkgs crossSystem "stdenv");
         }
@@ -288,6 +289,22 @@
           );
         };
 
+        # Running a static build in CI for every CL is too expensive for us right now...
+        # But we can at least make sure it configures successfuly, which is cheap and where
+        # a good chunk of issues show up.
+        configure-static = forAvailableSystems (
+          system:
+          let
+            staticConfigure = self.packages.${system}.nix-static.overrideAttrs {
+              dontBuild = true;
+              installPhase = ''
+                mkdir -p "$out"
+              '';
+            };
+          in
+          lib.optionalAttrs (self.packages.${system} ? nix-static) staticConfigure
+        );
+
         pre-commit = forAvailableSystems (
           system:
           let
@@ -316,6 +333,9 @@
         // (lib.optionalAttrs (builtins.elem system linux64BitSystems)) {
           dockerImage = self.hydraJobs.dockerImage.${system};
         }
+        // (lib.optionalAttrs (self.hydraJobs.configure-static ? "${system}")) {
+          configure-static = self.hydraJobs.configure-static.${system};
+        }
       );
 
       packages = forAllSystems (