diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/cc-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/cc-wrapper.sh
index 1c60beb9bf57b..42472f16f1291 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/cc-wrapper.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/cc-wrapper.sh
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ extraBefore=(${hardeningCFlags[@]+"${hardeningCFlags[@]}"} $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE_B
 
 if [ "$dontLink" != 1 ]; then
 
+    # Disable the -dynamic-linker flag if NIX_DYNAMIC_LINKER is the special darwin
+    # value. -dynamic-linker is not supported on darwin systems.
+    if [[ "$NIX_DYNAMIC_LINKER_@suffixSalt@" = "darwin" ]]; then
+        setDynamicLinker=0
+    fi
+
     # Add the flags that should only be passed to the compiler when
     # linking.
     extraAfter+=($NIX_CFLAGS_LINK_@suffixSalt@)
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index ad9d2e1b84166..aad5c0ada8b52 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ let
     else "";
 
   useGccForLibs = isClang
-    && libcxx == null
     && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)
     && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt or false)
     && gccForLibs != null;
@@ -154,6 +153,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         local dst="$1"
         local wrapper="$2"
         export prog="$3"
+        export isdarwin="${toString targetPlatform.isDarwin or false}"
         substituteAll "$wrapper" "$out/bin/$dst"
         chmod +x "$out/bin/$dst"
       }
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
index f07b1ee73b87a..dd551fd3d4850 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ in rec {
     export NIX_ENFORCE_NO_NATIVE=''${NIX_ENFORCE_NO_NATIVE-1}
     export NIX_ENFORCE_PURITY=''${NIX_ENFORCE_PURITY-1}
     export NIX_IGNORE_LD_THROUGH_GCC=1
+    export NIX_DYNAMIC_LINKER="darwin"
     unset SDKROOT
 
     export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=${macosVersionMin}