diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
index 3d64639d33fa..53f367b9b84d 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -324,6 +324,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       echo "-arch ${targetPlatform.darwinArch}" >> $out/nix-support/libc-ldflags
     ''
 
+    ##
+    ## GNU specific extra strip flags
+    ##
+
+    # TODO(@sternenseemann): make a generic strip wrapper?
+    + optionalString (bintools.isGNU or false) ''
+      wrap ${targetPrefix}strip ${./gnu-binutils-strip-wrapper.sh} \
+        "${bintools_bin}/bin/${targetPrefix}strip"
+    ''
+
     ###
     ### Remove LC_UUID
     ###
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/gnu-binutils-strip-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/gnu-binutils-strip-wrapper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b5136e3d14c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/gnu-binutils-strip-wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#! @shell@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+
+exec @prog@ --enable-deterministic-archives "$@"
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
index c31a50eba57b..2d8e66a89fa3 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stripDirs() {
 
     if [ -n "${dirs}" ]; then
         header "stripping (with command $cmd and flags $stripFlags) in$dirs"
-        find $dirs -type f -exec $cmd $commonStripFlags $stripFlags '{}' \; 2>/dev/null
+        find $dirs -type f -exec $cmd $stripFlags '{}' \; 2>/dev/null
         stopNest
     fi
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index 1fbd3cba27ef..d2c74f7722d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -375,12 +375,7 @@ in
       targetPlatform = localSystem;
       inherit config;
 
-      preHook = ''
-        # Make "strip" produce deterministic output, by setting
-        # timestamps etc. to a fixed value.
-        commonStripFlags="--enable-deterministic-archives"
-        ${commonPreHook}
-      '';
+      preHook = commonPreHook;
 
       initialPath =
         ((import ../common-path.nix) {pkgs = prevStage;});