diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
index 45ae3eba9b445..15d81e852f834 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -184,7 +184,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       done
 
     '' + (if !useMacosReexportHack then ''
-      wrap ${targetPrefix}ld ${./ld-wrapper.sh} ''${ld:-$ldPath/${targetPrefix}ld}
+      if [ -e ''${ld:-$ldPath/${targetPrefix}ld} ]; then
+        wrap ${targetPrefix}ld ${./ld-wrapper.sh} ''${ld:-$ldPath/${targetPrefix}ld}
+      fi
     '' else ''
       ldInner="${targetPrefix}ld-reexport-delegate"
       wrap "$ldInner" ${./macos-sierra-reexport-hack.bash} ''${ld:-$ldPath/${targetPrefix}ld}
@@ -192,10 +194,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       unset ldInner
     '') + ''
 
-      for variant in ld.gold ld.bfd ld.lld; do
-        local underlying=$ldPath/${targetPrefix}$variant
-        [[ -e "$underlying" ]] || continue
-        wrap ${targetPrefix}$variant ${./ld-wrapper.sh} $underlying
+      for variant in $ldPath/${targetPrefix}ld.*; do
+        basename=$(basename "$variant")
+        wrap $basename ${./ld-wrapper.sh} $variant
       done
     '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
index 42d19a0fad4b9..2ea9a359f07ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
@@ -189,6 +189,28 @@ rec {
       });
     });
 
+  useMoldLinker = stdenv: let
+    bintools = stdenv.cc.bintools.override {
+      extraBuildCommands = ''
+        wrap ld.mold ${../build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh} ${pkgs.mold}/bin/ld.mold
+        wrap ld ${../build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh} ${pkgs.mold}/bin/ld.mold
+      '';
+    };
+  in stdenv.override (old: {
+    cc = stdenv.cc.override {
+      inherit bintools;
+    };
+    allowedRequisites =
+      lib.mapNullable (rs: rs ++ [ bintools pkgs.mold (lib.getLib pkgs.mimalloc) (lib.getLib pkgs.openssl) ]) (stdenv.allowedRequisites or null);
+      # gcc >12.1.0 supports '-fuse-ld=mold'
+      # the wrap ld above in bintools supports gcc <12.1.0 and shouldn't harm >12.1.0
+    # https://github.com/rui314/mold#how-to-use
+    } // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.cc.isClang || (stdenv.cc.isGNU && lib.versionAtLeast stdenv.cc.version "12")) {
+    mkDerivationFromStdenv = extendMkDerivationArgs old (args: {
+      NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = toString (args.NIX_CFLAGS_LINK or "") + " -fuse-ld=mold";
+    });
+  });
+
 
   /* Modify a stdenv so that it builds binaries optimized specifically
      for the machine they are built on.