diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
index 514835e81e4c8..fac67e2ab2001 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , lib
+, coreutils
 , autoPatchelfHook
 , cmake
 , llvmPackages_latest
@@ -30,6 +31,39 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   LTO = 1;
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];
 
+  # The next three variables are substituted into the script scaffold below.
+  # add-flags.sh; add-hardening.sh; ld-wrapper.sh; utils.bash
+  suffixSalt = lib.replaceStrings ["-" "."] ["_" "_"] stdenv.targetPlatform.config;
+  # utils.bash
+  wrapperName = "MOLD_WRAPPER";
+  # ld-wrapper.sh; utils.bash
+  coreutils_bin = lib.getBin coreutils;
+
+  postInstall = let
+    targetPrefix = lib.optionalString (stdenv.targetPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform) (stdenv.targetPlatform.config + "-");
+  in ''
+    mkdir -p $out/nix-support
+
+    mv $out/bin/mold $out/bin/.mold
+
+    export prog=$out/bin/.mold
+    substituteAll \
+      ${../../../build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh} \
+      "$out/bin/${targetPrefix}mold"
+    chmod +x "$out/bin/${targetPrefix}mold"
+    ln -s $out/bin/${targetPrefix}mold $out/bin/${targetPrefix}ld
+
+    substituteAll \
+      ${../../../build-support/bintools-wrapper/add-flags.sh} \
+      $out/nix-support/add-flags.sh
+    substituteAll \
+      ${../../../build-support/bintools-wrapper/add-hardening.sh} \
+      $out/nix-support/add-hardening.sh
+    substituteAll \
+      ${../../../build-support/wrapper-common/utils.bash} \
+      $out/nix-support/utils.bash
+  '';
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = nix-update-script {
       attrPath = pname;