diff --git a/pkgs/test/make-binary-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/test/make-binary-wrapper/default.nix
index 6f3b3ef4ae12..04f0059ae153 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/make-binary-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/make-binary-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 { lib, coreutils, python3, gcc, writeText, writeScript, runCommand, makeBinaryWrapper }:
 
 let
-  env = { nativeBuildInputs = [ makeBinaryWrapper gcc ]; };
+  env = { nativeBuildInputs = [ makeBinaryWrapper ]; };
   envCheck = runCommand "envcheck" env ''
-    cc -o $out ${./envcheck.c}
+    ${gcc}/bin/cc -o $out ${./envcheck.c}
   '';
   makeGoldenTest = testname: runCommand "test-wrapper_${testname}" env ''
     mkdir -p /tmp/foo
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0e1dd457d840..80e9275f98ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -608,7 +608,9 @@ in
 
   makeBinaryWrapper = makeSetupHook {
     deps = [ dieHook ];
-  } ../build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh;
+  } (runCommand "make-binary-wrapper.sh" {} ''
+      substitute ${../build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh} $out --replace " cc " " ${gcc}/bin/cc "
+  '');
 
   makeModulesClosure = { kernel, firmware, rootModules, allowMissing ? false }:
     callPackage ../build-support/kernel/modules-closure.nix {