diff --git a/debian/busybox-cvs-static.override b/debian/busybox-cvs-static.override
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..480494f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/busybox-cvs-static.override
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+busybox-cvs-static: statically-linked-binary ./bin/busybox