diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
index 84020505a63..5cc99c6412a 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   inherit targetPrefix infixSalt;
 
-  outputs = [ "out" ] ++ optionals propagateDoc [ "man" "info" ];
+  outputs = [ "out" ] ++ optionals propagateDoc ([ "man" ] ++ optional (bintools ? info) "info");
 
   passthru = {
     inherit bintools libc nativeTools nativeLibc nativePrefix;
@@ -259,14 +259,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       printWords ${bintools_bin} ${if libc == null then "" else libc_bin} > $out/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages
     ''
 
-    + optionalString propagateDoc ''
+    + optionalString propagateDoc (''
       ##
       ## Man page and info support
       ##
 
       ln -s ${bintools.man} $man
+    '' + optionalString (bintools ? info) ''
       ln -s ${bintools.info} $info
-    ''
+    '')
 
     + ''
       ##
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix
index e31f9b91f97..fad33b21d04 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "${targetPrefix}cctools-binutils-darwin";
   inherit (cctools) version;
-  outputs = [ "out" "info" "man" ];
+  outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
   buildCommand = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/include
 
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     ln -s ${cctools}/libexec $out/libexec
 
-    mkdir -p "$info/nix-support" "$man/nix-support"
-    printWords ${binutils-unwrapped.info} \
-      >> $info/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs
-    # FIXME: cctools missing man pages
-    printWords ${binutils-unwrapped.man} \
-      >> $man/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs
+    mkdir -p "$man"/share/man/man{1,5}
+    for i in ${builtins.concatStringsSep " " cmds}; do
+      for path in "${cctools.man}"/share/man/man?/$i.*; do
+        dest_path="$man''${path#${cctools.man}}"
+        ln -sv "$path" "$dest_path"
+      done
+    done
   '';
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cctools/port.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cctools/port.nix
index 368f2938064..0c25f225291 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cctools/port.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cctools/port.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libtool, autoreconfHook
+, installShellFiles
 , libcxxabi, libuuid
 , libobjc ? null, maloader ? null
 , enableTapiSupport ? true, libtapi
@@ -28,9 +29,9 @@ let
       sha256 = "0h8b1my0wf1jyjq63wbiqkl2clgxsf87f6i4fjhqs431fzlq8sac";
     };
 
-    outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+    outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" ];
 
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool autoreconfHook ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool autoreconfHook installShellFiles ];
     buildInputs = [ libuuid ]
       ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libcxxabi libobjc ]
       ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableTapiSupport libtapi;
@@ -88,6 +89,8 @@ let
       pushd include
       make DSTROOT=$out/include RC_OS=common install
       popd
+
+      installManPage ar/ar.{1,5}
     '';
 
     passthru = {