diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sy/systemtap-sdt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sy/systemtap-sdt/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d2c2dad1ba064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sy/systemtap-sdt/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{ linuxPackages }:
+linuxPackages.systemtap.override {
+  withStap = false;
+}
+// {
+  meta = linuxPackages.systemtap.meta // {
+    description = "Build USDT tracepoints with the 'dtrace' executable on Linux";
+    mainProgram = "dtrace";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
index d12b1be1b5b4c..5ce1a3d086113 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ let
                   else if (stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.library == ".dll") then "2.0-0.dll"
                   else "2.0-0.lib";
 
-  systemtap' = buildPackages.linuxPackages.systemtap.override { withStap = false; };
+  systemtap' = buildPackages.systemtap-sdt;
   withDtrace =
     lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.buildPlatform systemtap' &&
     # dtrace support requires sys/sdt.h header
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/systemtap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/systemtap/default.nix
index 955cec56124f3..83463e1842537 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/systemtap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/systemtap/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   gnumake,
   python3,
   nixosTests,
-  withStap ? true, # avoid cyclic dependency with glib
+  withStap ? true, # avoid cyclic dependency with glib, reduce closure size substantially
 }:
 
 let