diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/libunwind/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/libunwind/default.nix
index 0695d8f2be5b..25520428bacb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/libunwind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/libunwind/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   python3,
   libcxx,
   enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic,
+  doFakeLibgcc ? stdenv.hostPlatform.useLLVM,
   devExtraCmakeFlags ? [ ],
   getVersionFile,
 }:
@@ -105,6 +106,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
         ''
       + lib.optionalString (enableShared && stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows) ''
         ln -s $out/lib/libunwind.dll.a $out/lib/libunwind_shared.dll.a
+      ''
+      + lib.optionalString (doFakeLibgcc) ''
+        ln -s $out/lib/libunwind.so $out/lib/libgcc_s.so
+        ln -s $out/lib/libunwind.so $out/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
       '';
 
     meta = llvm_meta // {