diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/no/noto-fonts-cjk-serif/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/no/noto-fonts-cjk-serif/package.nix
index 8fbc05ff269ce3..3d5b56ebec7423 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/no/noto-fonts-cjk-serif/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/no/noto-fonts-cjk-serif/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , nixosTests
 , gitUpdater
+
+, static ? false, # whether to build the static version of the font
 }:
 
 stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -13,13 +15,20 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "notofonts";
     repo = "noto-cjk";
     rev = "Serif${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-E+Ic7XhomI6cUa+q77gQvMlaLvy+vgTq4NJ58/nPZtk=";
-    sparseCheckout = [ "Serif/Variable/OTC" ];
+    hash = "sha256-Bwuu64TAnOnqUgLlBsUw/jnv9emngqFBmVn6zEqySlc=";
+    sparseCheckout = [
+      "Serif/OTC"
+      "Serif/Variable/OTC"
+    ];
   };
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/opentype/noto-cjk Serif/Variable/OTC/*.otf.ttc
-  '';
+  installPhase =
+    let
+      font-path = if static then "Serif/OTC/*.ttc" else "Serif/Variable/OTC/*.otf.ttc";
+    in
+    ''
+      install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/opentype/noto-cjk ${font-path}
+    '';
 
   passthru.tests.noto-fonts = nixosTests.noto-fonts;
 
@@ -44,6 +53,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
     license = licenses.ofl;
     platforms = platforms.all;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mathnerd314 emily ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mathnerd314 emily leana8959 ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 85dc76a96bfcbc..a9e51bf97796ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27354,6 +27354,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   nordzy-icon-theme = callPackage ../data/icons/nordzy-icon-theme { };
 
+  noto-fonts-cjk-serif-static = callPackage ../by-name/no/noto-fonts-cjk-serif/package.nix { static = true; };
+
   noto-fonts-lgc-plus = callPackage ../by-name/no/noto-fonts/package.nix {
     suffix = "-lgc-plus";
     variants = [