diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.2-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.2-binary.nix
index 10ee40f710c81..41461a26d425f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.2-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.2-binary.nix
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ let
           # instead of `libtinfo.so.*.`
           { nixPackage = ncurses6; fileToCheckFor = "libncursesw.so.6"; }
         ];
+        isHadrian = true;
       };
     };
   };
@@ -420,6 +421,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     # Our Cabal compiler name
     haskellCompilerName = "ghc-${version}";
+  } // lib.optionalAttrs (binDistUsed.isHadrian or false) {
+    # Normal GHC derivations expose the hadrian derivation used to build them
+    # here. In the case of bindists we just make sure that the attribute exists,
+    # as it is used for checking if a GHC derivation has been built with hadrian.
+    # The isHadrian mechanism will become obsolete with GHCs that use hadrian
+    # exclusively, i.e. 9.6 (and 9.4?).
+    hadrian = null;
   };
 
   meta = rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7-binary.nix
index 94ad5a78a0a76..22552fa67fb2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7-binary.nix
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ let
           # instead of `libtinfo.so.*.`
           { nixPackage = ncurses6; fileToCheckFor = "libncursesw.so.6"; }
         ];
+        isHadrian = true;
       };
     };
   };
@@ -416,6 +417,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     # Our Cabal compiler name
     haskellCompilerName = "ghc-${version}";
+  } // lib.optionalAttrs (binDistUsed.isHadrian or false) {
+    # Normal GHC derivations expose the hadrian derivation used to build them
+    # here. In the case of bindists we just make sure that the attribute exists,
+    # as it is used for checking if a GHC derivation has been built with hadrian.
+    # The isHadrian mechanism will become obsolete with GHCs that use hadrian
+    # exclusively, i.e. 9.6 (and 9.4?).
+    hadrian = null;
   };
 
   meta = rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.4-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.4-binary.nix
index 57e0db560a989..79b006ce5537b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.4-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.4-binary.nix
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ let
           { nixPackage = ncurses6; fileToCheckFor = null; }
           { nixPackage = libiconv; fileToCheckFor = null; }
         ];
+        isHadrian = true;
       };
       aarch64-darwin = {
         variantSuffix = "";
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ let
           { nixPackage = ncurses6; fileToCheckFor = null; }
           { nixPackage = libiconv; fileToCheckFor = null; }
         ];
+        isHadrian = true;
       };
     };
     # Binary distributions for the musl libc for the respective system.
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ let
           sha256 = "026348947d30a156b84de5d6afeaa48fdcb2795b47954cd8341db00d3263a481";
         };
         isStatic = true;
+        isHadrian = true;
         # We can't check the RPATH for statically linked executable
         exePathForLibraryCheck = null;
         archSpecificLibraries = [
@@ -400,6 +403,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     # Our Cabal compiler name
     haskellCompilerName = "ghc-${version}";
+  } // lib.optionalAttrs (binDistUsed.isHadrian or false) {
+    # Normal GHC derivations expose the hadrian derivation used to build them
+    # here. In the case of bindists we just make sure that the attribute exists,
+    # as it is used for checking if a GHC derivation has been built with hadrian.
+    # The isHadrian mechanism will become obsolete with GHCs that use hadrian
+    # exclusively, i.e. 9.6 (and 9.4?).
+    hadrian = null;
   };
 
   meta = rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index 4b7201bb6ac9b..73986361499a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ let
   defaultConfigureFlags = [
     "--verbose"
     "--prefix=$out"
-    "--libdir=\\$prefix/lib/\\$compiler"
+    # Note: This must be kept in sync manually with mkGhcLibdir
+    ("--libdir=\\$prefix/lib/\\$compiler" + lib.optionalString (ghc ? hadrian) "/lib")
     "--libsubdir=\\$abi/\\$libname"
     (optionalString enableSeparateDataOutput "--datadir=$data/share/${ghcNameWithPrefix}")
     (optionalString enableSeparateDocOutput "--docdir=${docdir "$doc"}")
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ let
     "--with-gcc=$CC" # Clang won't work without that extra information.
   ] ++ [
     "--package-db=$packageConfDir"
-    (optionalString (enableSharedExecutables && stdenv.isLinux) "--ghc-option=-optl=-Wl,-rpath=$out/lib/${ghcNameWithPrefix}/${pname}-${version}")
+    (optionalString (enableSharedExecutables && stdenv.isLinux) "--ghc-option=-optl=-Wl,-rpath=$out/${ghcLibdir}/${pname}-${version}")
     (optionalString (enableSharedExecutables && stdenv.isDarwin) "--ghc-option=-optl=-Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names")
     (optionalString enableParallelBuilding "--ghc-options=${parallelBuildingFlags}")
     (optionalString useCpphs "--with-cpphs=${cpphs}/bin/cpphs --ghc-options=-cpp --ghc-options=-pgmP${cpphs}/bin/cpphs --ghc-options=-optP--cpp")
@@ -284,10 +285,13 @@ let
   ghcCommand = "${ghc.targetPrefix}${ghcCommand'}";
 
   ghcNameWithPrefix = "${ghc.targetPrefix}${ghc.haskellCompilerName}";
+  mkGhcLibdir = ghc: "lib/${ghc.targetPrefix}${ghc.haskellCompilerName}"
+    + lib.optionalString (ghc ? hadrian) "/lib";
+  ghcLibdir = mkGhcLibdir ghc;
 
   nativeGhcCommand = "${nativeGhc.targetPrefix}ghc";
 
-  buildPkgDb = ghcName: packageConfDir: ''
+  buildPkgDb = thisGhc: packageConfDir: ''
     # If this dependency has a package database, then copy the contents of it,
     # unless it is one of our GHCs. These can appear in our dependencies when
     # we are doing native builds, and they have package databases in them, but
@@ -297,8 +301,8 @@ let
     # we compile with it, and doing so can result in having multiple copies of
     # e.g. Cabal in the database with the same name and version, which is
     # ambiguous.
-    if [ -d "$p/lib/${ghcName}/package.conf.d" ] && [ "$p" != "${ghc}" ] && [ "$p" != "${nativeGhc}" ]; then
-      cp -f "$p/lib/${ghcName}/package.conf.d/"*.conf ${packageConfDir}/
+    if [ -d "$p/${mkGhcLibdir thisGhc}/package.conf.d" ] && [ "$p" != "${ghc}" ] && [ "$p" != "${nativeGhc}" ]; then
+      cp -f "$p/${mkGhcLibdir thisGhc}/package.conf.d/"*.conf ${packageConfDir}/
       continue
     fi
   '';
@@ -363,14 +367,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   # pkgs* arrays defined in stdenv/setup.hs
   + ''
     for p in "''${pkgsBuildBuild[@]}" "''${pkgsBuildHost[@]}" "''${pkgsBuildTarget[@]}"; do
-      ${buildPkgDb "${nativeGhcCommand}-${nativeGhc.version}" "$setupPackageConfDir"}
+      ${buildPkgDb nativeGhc "$setupPackageConfDir"}
     done
     ${nativeGhcCommand}-pkg --${nativePackageDbFlag}="$setupPackageConfDir" recache
   ''
   # For normal components
   + ''
     for p in "''${pkgsHostHost[@]}" "''${pkgsHostTarget[@]}"; do
-      ${buildPkgDb ghcNameWithPrefix "$packageConfDir"}
+      ${buildPkgDb ghc "$packageConfDir"}
       if [ -d "$p/include" ]; then
         configureFlags+=" --extra-include-dirs=$p/include"
       fi
@@ -510,7 +514,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
       # just the target specified; "install" will error here, since not all targets have been built.
     else ''
       ${setupCommand} copy ${buildTarget}
-      local packageConfDir="$out/lib/${ghcNameWithPrefix}/package.conf.d"
+      local packageConfDir="$out/${ghcLibdir}/package.conf.d"
       local packageConfFile="$packageConfDir/${pname}-${version}.conf"
       mkdir -p "$packageConfDir"
       ${setupCommand} register --gen-pkg-config=$packageConfFile
@@ -539,7 +543,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ${optionalString doCoverage "mkdir -p $out/share && cp -r dist/hpc $out/share"}
     ${optionalString (enableSharedExecutables && isExecutable && !isGhcjs && stdenv.isDarwin && lib.versionOlder ghc.version "7.10") ''
       for exe in "${binDir}/"* ; do
-        install_name_tool -add_rpath "$out/lib/ghc-${ghc.version}/${pname}-${version}" "$exe"
+        install_name_tool -add_rpath "$out/${ghcLibdir}/${pname}-${version}" "$exe"
       done
     ''}
 
@@ -675,7 +679,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
         "NIX_${ghcCommandCaps}_DOCDIR" = "${ghcEnv}/share/doc/ghc/html";
         "NIX_${ghcCommandCaps}_LIBDIR" = if ghc.isHaLVM or false
           then "${ghcEnv}/lib/HaLVM-${ghc.version}"
-          else "${ghcEnv}/lib/${ghcCommand}-${ghc.version}";
+          else "${ghcEnv}/${ghcLibdir}";
       });
 
     env = envFunc { };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/with-packages-wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/with-packages-wrapper.nix
index 77ccd301b43f4..34eb2b71d7597 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/with-packages-wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/with-packages-wrapper.nix
@@ -49,11 +49,12 @@ let
   isHaLVM       = ghc.isHaLVM or false;
   ghc761OrLater = isGhcjs || isHaLVM || lib.versionOlder "7.6.1" ghc.version;
   packageDBFlag = if ghc761OrLater then "--global-package-db" else "--global-conf";
-  ghcCommand'    = if isGhcjs then "ghcjs" else "ghc";
-  ghcCommand = "${ghc.targetPrefix}${ghcCommand'}";
+  ghcCommand'   = if isGhcjs then "ghcjs" else "ghc";
+  ghcCommand    = "${ghc.targetPrefix}${ghcCommand'}";
   ghcCommandCaps= lib.toUpper ghcCommand';
   libDir        = if isHaLVM then "$out/lib/HaLVM-${ghc.version}"
-                  else "$out/lib/${ghc.targetPrefix}${ghc.haskellCompilerName}";
+                  else "$out/lib/${ghc.targetPrefix}${ghc.haskellCompilerName}"
+                    + lib.optionalString (ghc ? hadrian) "/lib";
   docDir        = "$out/share/doc/ghc/html";
   packageCfgDir = "${libDir}/package.conf.d";
   paths         = lib.concatLists (