diff --git a/Makeconfig b/Makeconfig
index 5ff6f2e29a..1346109ac0 100644
--- a/Makeconfig
+++ b/Makeconfig
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ ifndef +link-static
 +link-static-before-libc = $(CC) -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o $@ \
 	      $(DEFAULT-LDFLAGS-$(@F)) \
 	      $(sysdep-LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS-$(@F))  \
-	      $(addprefix $(csu-objpfx),$(static-start-installed-name)) \
+	      $(firstword $(CRT-$(@F)) $(csu-objpfx)$(static-start-installed-name)) \
 	      $(+preinit) $(+prectorT) \
 	      $(filter-out $(addprefix $(csu-objpfx),start.o \
 						     $(start-installed-name))\
diff --git a/gmon/Makefile b/gmon/Makefile
index 2cd077dece..89ab3fc7da 100644
--- a/gmon/Makefile
+++ b/gmon/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ tests-static	+= tst-profile-static
 LDFLAGS-tst-profile-static = -profile
 endif
 
+tests += tst-gmon-static
+tests-static += tst-gmon-static
+
 ifeq (yesyes,$(have-fpie)$(build-shared))
 tests += tst-gmon-pie
 tests-pie += tst-gmon-pie
@@ -49,6 +52,14 @@ ifeq ($(run-built-tests),yes)
 tests-special += $(objpfx)tst-gmon-gprof.out
 endif
 
+CFLAGS-tst-gmon-static.c := $(PIE-ccflag) -fno-omit-frame-pointer -pg
+CRT-tst-gmon-static := $(csu-objpfx)gcrt1.o
+DEFAULT-LDFLAGS-tst-gmon-static = $(no-pie-ldflag)
+tst-gmon-static-ENV := GMON_OUT_PREFIX=$(objpfx)tst-gmon-static.data
+ifeq ($(run-built-tests),yes)
+tests-special += $(objpfx)tst-gmon-static-gprof.out
+endif
+
 CFLAGS-tst-gmon-pie.c := $(PIE-ccflag) -fno-omit-frame-pointer -pg
 CRT-tst-gmon-pie := $(csu-objpfx)gcrt1.o
 tst-gmon-pie-ENV := GMON_OUT_PREFIX=$(objpfx)tst-gmon-pie.data
@@ -83,6 +94,16 @@ $(objpfx)tst-gmon-gprof.out: tst-gmon-gprof.sh $(objpfx)tst-gmon.out
 	$(SHELL) $< $(GPROF) $(objpfx)tst-gmon $(objpfx)tst-gmon.data.* > $@; \
 	$(evaluate-test)
 
+$(objpfx)tst-gmon-static.out: clean-tst-gmon-static-data
+clean-tst-gmon-static-data:
+	rm -f $(objpfx)tst-gmon-static.data.*
+
+$(objpfx)tst-gmon-static-gprof.out: tst-gmon-static-gprof.sh \
+				    $(objpfx)tst-gmon-static.out
+	$(SHELL) $< $(GPROF) $(objpfx)tst-gmon-static \
+		$(objpfx)tst-gmon-static.data.* > $@; \
+	$(evaluate-test)
+
 $(objpfx)tst-gmon-pie.out: clean-tst-gmon-pie-data
 clean-tst-gmon-pie-data:
 	rm -f $(objpfx)tst-gmon-pie.data.*
diff --git a/gmon/tst-gmon-static-gprof.sh b/gmon/tst-gmon-static-gprof.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55ac8aa69f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gmon/tst-gmon-static-gprof.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Check the output of gprof against a carfully crafted static binary.
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+# The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+# The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL
+set -e
+exec 2>&1
+
+GPROF="$1"
+program="$2"
+data="$3"
+
+actual=$(mktemp)
+expected=$(mktemp)
+expected_dot=$(mktemp)
+cleanup () {
+    rm -f "$actual"
+    rm -f "$expected"
+    rm -f "$expected_dot"
+}
+trap cleanup 0
+
+cat > "$expected" <<EOF
+f1 2000
+f2 1000
+main 1
+EOF
+
+# Special version for powerpc with function descriptors.
+cat > "$expected_dot" <<EOF
+.f1 2000
+.f2 1000
+.main 1
+EOF
+
+"$GPROF" -C "$program" "$data" \
+    | awk -F  '[(): ]' '/executions/{print $5, $8}' \
+    | sort > "$actual"
+
+if cmp -s "$actual" "$expected_dot" \
+   || diff -u --label expected "$expected" --label actual "$actual" ; then
+    echo "PASS"
+else
+    echo "FAIL"
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/gmon/tst-gmon-static.c b/gmon/tst-gmon-static.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1eef2583b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gmon/tst-gmon-static.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "tst-gmon.c"
