diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-haskell.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-haskell.nix
index 38f5e2a41565..12f7ce6900f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-haskell.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-haskell.nix
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ let
 
   recursiveUpdateMany = builtins.foldl' lib.recursiveUpdate {};
 
+  staticHaskellPackagesPlatforms =
+    packagePlatforms pkgs.pkgsStatic.haskellPackages;
+
   jobs = recursiveUpdateMany [
     (mapTestOn {
       haskellPackages = packagePlatforms pkgs.haskellPackages;
@@ -93,6 +96,16 @@ let
         writers = testPlatforms.writers;
       };
 
+      # test some statically linked packages to catch regressions
+      # and get some cache going for static compilation with GHC
+      pkgsStatic.haskellPackages = {
+        inherit (staticHaskellPackagesPlatforms)
+          hello
+          random
+          lens
+          ;
+      };
+
       # top-level packages that depend on haskellPackages
       inherit (pkgsPlatforms)
         agda
@@ -273,6 +286,17 @@ let
             (name: jobs.haskellPackages."${name}")
             (maintainedPkgNames pkgs.haskellPackages));
       };
+      staticHaskellPackages = pkgs.releaseTools.aggregate {
+        name = "static-haskell-packages";
+        meta = {
+          description = "Static haskell builds using the pkgsStatic infrastructure";
+          maintainers = [
+            lib.maintainers.sternenseemann
+            lib.maintainers.rnhmjoj
+          ];
+        };
+        constituents = accumulateDerivations [ jobs.pkgsStatic ];
+      };
     }
   ];