diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index 74570a9d2575..6d9780b3913c 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ let
   libc_dev = optionalString (libc != null) (getDev libc);
   libc_lib = optionalString (libc != null) (getLib libc);
   cc_solib = getLib cc + optionalString (targetPlatform != hostPlatform) "/${targetPlatform.config}";
+  cc_bin = getBin cc + optionalString (targetPlatform != hostPlatform) "/${targetPlatform.config}";
 
   # The wrapper scripts use 'cat' and 'grep', so we may need coreutils.
   coreutils_bin = optionalString (!nativeTools) (getBin coreutils);
@@ -590,15 +591,21 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   ]
   ++ optional (cc.langC or true) ./setup-hook.sh
   ++ optional (cc.langFortran or false) ./fortran-hook.sh
-  ++ optional (targetPlatform.isWindows) (
+  ++ optional (targetPlatform.isWindows || targetPlatform.isCygwin) (
     stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
       name = "win-dll-hook.sh";
       dontUnpack = true;
-      installPhase = ''
-        echo addToSearchPath "LINK_DLL_FOLDERS" "${cc_solib}/lib" > $out
-        echo addToSearchPath "LINK_DLL_FOLDERS" "${cc_solib}/lib64" >> $out
-        echo addToSearchPath "LINK_DLL_FOLDERS" "${cc_solib}/lib32" >> $out
-      '';
+      installPhase =
+        if targetPlatform.isCygwin then
+          ''
+            echo addToSearchPath "LINK_DLL_FOLDERS" "${cc_bin}/lib" >> $out
+          ''
+        else
+          ''
+            echo addToSearchPath "LINK_DLL_FOLDERS" "${cc_solib}/lib" > $out
+            echo addToSearchPath "LINK_DLL_FOLDERS" "${cc_solib}/lib64" >> $out
+            echo addToSearchPath "LINK_DLL_FOLDERS" "${cc_solib}/lib32" >> $out
+          '';
     }
   );