diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/gcc-cross-wrapper/builder.sh b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-cross-wrapper/builder.sh
index fae37342940..5a5bd45a8f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/gcc-cross-wrapper/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-cross-wrapper/builder.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if test -z "$nativeLibc"; then
 
     echo "$cflagsCompile -B$libc/lib/ -idirafter $libc/include -idirafter $gcc/lib/gcc/*/*/include-fixed" > $out/nix-support/libc-cflags
 
-    echo "-L$libc/lib" > $out/nix-support/libc-ldflags
+    echo "-L$libc/lib -rpath $libc/lib -rpath-link $libc/lib" > $out/nix-support/libc-ldflags
 
     # The dynamic linker is passed in `ldflagsBefore' to allow
     # explicit overrides of the dynamic linker by callers to gcc/ld
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/builder.sh
index 4ae7a1c193b..d0ee80a58af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.7/builder.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ if test "$noSysDirs" = "1"; then
         unset CPATH
         if test -z "$crossStageStatic"; then
             EXTRA_TARGET_CFLAGS="-B${libcCross}/lib -idirafter ${libcCross}/include"
-            EXTRA_TARGET_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-L${libcCross}/lib"
+            EXTRA_TARGET_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-L${libcCross}/lib -Wl,-rpath,${libcCross}/lib -Wl,-rpath-link,${libcCross}/lib"
         fi
     else
         if test -z "$NIX_GCC_CROSS"; then