diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
index a5a83b645abb..cd3b06f08643 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 , fetchurl, fetchpatch
 , linuxHeaders ? null
 , gd ? null, libpng ? null
+, libidn2
 , bison
 , python3
 }:
@@ -132,6 +133,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
       # nscd needs libgcc, and we don't want it dynamically linked
       # because we don't want it to depend on bootstrap-tools libs.
       echo "LDFLAGS-nscd += -static-libgcc" >> nscd/Makefile
+
+      # Ensure that libidn2 is found.
+      patch -p 1 <<EOF
+      --- a/inet/idna.c
+      +++ b/inet/idna.c
+      @@ -25,1 +25,1 @@
+      -#define LIBIDN2_SONAME "libidn2.so.0"
+      +#define LIBIDN2_SONAME "${lib.getLib libidn2}/lib/libidn2.so.0"
+      EOF
     '';
 
   configureFlags =
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index f73a297281ef..60c0730dce1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -227,6 +227,27 @@ in
         gcc-unwrapped coreutils gnugrep
         perl gnum4 bison;
       dejagnu = super.dejagnu.overrideAttrs (a: { doCheck = false; } );
+
+      # We need libidn2 and its dependency libunistring as glibc dependency.
+      # To avoid the cycle, we build against bootstrap libc, nuke references,
+      # and use the result as input for our final glibc.  We also pass this pair
+      # through, so the final package-set uses exactly the same builds.
+      libunistring = super.libunistring.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+        postFixup = attrs.postFixup or "" + ''
+          ${self.nukeReferences}/bin/nuke-refs "$out"/lib/lib*.so.*.*
+        '';
+        # Apparently iconv won't work with bootstrap glibc, but it will be used
+        # with glibc built later where we keep *this* build of libunistring,
+        # so we need to trick it into supporting libiconv.
+        am_cv_func_iconv_works = "yes";
+      });
+      libidn2 = super.libidn2.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+        postFixup = attrs.postFixup or "" + ''
+          ${self.nukeReferences}/bin/nuke-refs -e '${lib.getLib self.libunistring}' \
+            "$out"/lib/lib*.so.*.*
+        '';
+      });
+
       # This also contains the full, dynamically linked, final Glibc.
       binutils = prevStage.binutils.override {
         # Rewrap the binutils with the new glibc, so both the next
@@ -247,7 +268,7 @@ in
       inherit (prevStage)
         ccWrapperStdenv
         binutils coreutils gnugrep
-        perl patchelf linuxHeaders gnum4 bison;
+        perl patchelf linuxHeaders gnum4 bison libidn2 libunistring;
       ${localSystem.libc} = getLibc prevStage;
       # Link GCC statically against GMP etc.  This makes sense because
       # these builds of the libraries are only used by GCC, so it
@@ -277,7 +298,7 @@ in
       # because gcc (since JAR support) already depends on zlib, and
       # then if we already have a zlib we want to use that for the
       # other purposes (binutils and top-level pkgs) too.
-      inherit (prevStage) gettext gnum4 bison gmp perl texinfo zlib linuxHeaders;
+      inherit (prevStage) gettext gnum4 bison gmp perl texinfo zlib linuxHeaders libidn2 libunistring;
       ${localSystem.libc} = getLibc prevStage;
       binutils = super.binutils.override {
         # Don't use stdenv's shell but our own
@@ -363,7 +384,7 @@ in
           ]
         # Library dependencies
         ++ map getLib (
-            [ attr acl zlib pcre ]
+            [ attr acl zlib pcre libidn2 libunistring ]
             ++ lib.optional (gawk.libsigsegv != null) gawk.libsigsegv
           )
         # More complicated cases
@@ -378,7 +399,7 @@ in
         inherit (prevStage)
           gzip bzip2 xz bash coreutils diffutils findutils gawk
           gnumake gnused gnutar gnugrep gnupatch patchelf
-          attr acl zlib pcre;
+          attr acl zlib pcre libunistring libidn2;
         ${localSystem.libc} = getLibc prevStage;
       } // lib.optionalAttrs (super.stdenv.targetPlatform == localSystem) {
         # Need to get rid of these when cross-compiling.