diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils.inc
index c69d29448f..e176b5cff1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils.inc
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ FILES:${PN}-dev = " \
 	${libdir}/libctf-nobfd.so \
 	${libdir}/libopcodes.so"
 
+FILES:${PN}-staticdev += "${libdir}/gprofng/*.a"
+
 # Rather than duplicating multiple entries for these, make one
 # list and reuse it.
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils_2.40.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils_2.40.bb
index 9fe4bf5ae3..4ce1b4bec2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils_2.40.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils_2.40.bb
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ FILES:libbfd = "${libdir}/libbfd-*.so.* ${libdir}/libbfd-*.so"
 FILES:libopcodes = "${libdir}/libopcodes-*.so.* ${libdir}/libopcodes-*.so"
 FILES:gprofng = "${sysconfdir}/gprofng.rc ${libdir}/gprofng/libgp-*.so ${libdir}/gprofng/libgprofng.so.* ${bindir}/gp-* ${bindir}/gprofng"
 FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/libgprofng.so ${libdir}/libsframe.so"
-FILES:${PN}-staticdev += "${libdir}/gprofng/*.a"
 SRC_URI:append:class-nativesdk =  " file://0003-binutils-nativesdk-Search-for-alternative-ld.so.conf.patch "
 
 USE_ALTERNATIVES_FOR:class-nativesdk = ""