diff --git a/.github/actions/upload-bundles/action.yml b/.github/actions/upload-bundles/action.yml
index 4e974ae58ba6b..30f4ac03c1e0c 100644
--- a/.github/actions/upload-bundles/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/upload-bundles/action.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ inputs:
   debug-suffix:
     description: 'File name suffix denoting debug level, possibly empty'
     required: false
+  bundle-suffix:
+    description: 'Bundle name suffix, possibly empty'
+    required: false
 
 runs:
   using: composite
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ runs:
     - name: 'Upload bundles artifact'
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: bundles-${{ inputs.platform }}${{ inputs.debug-suffix }}
+        name: bundles-${{ inputs.platform }}${{ inputs.debug-suffix }}${{ inputs.bundle-suffix }}
         path: bundles
         retention-days: 1
       if: steps.bundles.outputs.bundles-found == 'true'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
index b1d4278f8b469..101668b2bd520 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ on:
       make-arguments:
         required: false
         type: string
+      bundle-suffix:
+        required: false
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   build-linux:
@@ -71,10 +74,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         debug-level: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.debug-levels) }}
-        include:
-          - debug-level: debug
-            flags: --with-debug-level=fastdebug
-            suffix: -debug
 
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout the JDK source'
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
         run: >
           bash configure
           --with-conf-name=${{ inputs.platform }}
-          ${{ matrix.flags }}
+          ${{ matrix.debug-level == 'debug' && '--with-debug-level=fastdebug' || '' }}
           --with-version-opt=${GITHUB_ACTOR}-${GITHUB_SHA}
           --with-boot-jdk=${{ steps.bootjdk.outputs.path }}
           --with-jtreg=${{ steps.jtreg.outputs.path }}
@@ -133,17 +132,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Build'
         id: build
         uses: ./.github/actions/do-build
-        env:
-          # Only build static-libs-bundles for release builds.
-          # For debug builds, building static-libs often exceeds disk space.
-          STATIC_LIBS: ${{ matrix.debug-level == 'release' && 'static-libs-bundles' }}
         with:
-          make-target: '${{ inputs.make-target }} ${STATIC_LIBS} ${{ inputs.make-arguments }}'
+          make-target: '${{ inputs.make-target }} ${{ inputs.make-arguments }}'
           platform: ${{ inputs.platform }}
-          debug-suffix: '${{ matrix.suffix }}'
+          debug-suffix: "${{ matrix.debug-level == 'debug' && '-debug' || '' }}"
 
       - name: 'Upload bundles'
         uses: ./.github/actions/upload-bundles
         with:
           platform: ${{ inputs.platform }}
-          debug-suffix: '${{ matrix.suffix }}'
+          debug-suffix: "${{ matrix.debug-level == 'debug' && '-debug' || '' }}"
+          bundle-suffix: ${{ inputs.bundle-suffix }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 3ea07501477f8..2339bb390b93e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -225,6 +225,25 @@ jobs:
       make-arguments: ${{ github.event.inputs.make-arguments }}
     if: needs.prepare.outputs.linux-x64-variants == 'true'
 
+  build-linux-x64-static-libs:
+    name: linux-x64-static-libs
+    needs: prepare
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
+    with:
+      platform: linux-x64
+      make-target: 'static-libs-bundles'
+      # Only build static-libs-bundles for release builds.
+      # For debug builds, building static-libs often exceeds disk space.
+      debug-levels: '[ "release" ]'
+      gcc-major-version: '10'
+      configure-arguments: ${{ github.event.inputs.configure-arguments }}
+      make-arguments: ${{ github.event.inputs.make-arguments }}
+      # Upload static libs bundles separately to avoid interference with normal linux-x64 bundle.
+      # This bundle is not used by testing jobs, but downstreams use it to check that
+      # dependent projects, e.g. libgraal, builds fine.
+      bundle-suffix: "-static-libs"
+    if: needs.prepare.outputs.linux-x64-variants == 'true'
+
   build-linux-cross-compile:
     name: linux-cross-compile
     needs: prepare