diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wi/wild/adapterTest.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wi/wild/adapterTest.nix
index db334485cd80..44f80e2634e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wi/wild/adapterTest.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wi/wild/adapterTest.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
+  gccStdenv,
+  clangStdenv,
+  buildPackages,
+  runCommandCC,
   makeBinaryWrapper,
   gcc,
   wild,
@@ -8,6 +12,8 @@
   clang,
   lld,
   clang-tools,
+  useWildLinker,
+  hello,
 }:
 let
   # These wrappers are REQUIRED for the Wild test suite to pass
@@ -51,6 +57,38 @@ let
       runHook postBuild
     '';
   };
+
+  # Test helper that takes in a binary and checks that it runs
+  # and was built with Wild
+  helloTest =
+    name: helloWild:
+    let
+      command = "$READELF -p .comment ${lib.getExe helloWild}";
+      emulator = stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages;
+    in
+    runCommandCC "wild-${name}-test" { passthru = { inherit helloWild; }; } ''
+      echo "Testing running the 'hello' binary which should be linked with 'wild'" >&2
+      ${emulator} ${lib.getExe helloWild}
+
+      echo "Checking for wild in the '.comment' section" >&2
+      if output=$(${command} 2>&1); then
+        if grep -Fw -- "Wild" - <<< "$output"; then
+          touch $out
+        else
+          echo "No mention of 'wild' detected in the '.comment' section" >&2
+          echo "The command was:" >&2
+          echo "${command}" >&2
+          echo "The output was:" >&2
+          echo "$output" >&2
+          exit 1
+        fi
+      else
+        echo -n "${command}" >&2
+        echo " returned a non-zero exit code." >&2
+        echo "$output" >&2
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    '';
 in
 {
   testWild = wild.overrideAttrs {
@@ -96,4 +134,18 @@ in
 
     installPhase = "touch $out";
   };
+
+  # Test that the adapter works with a gcc stdenv
+  adapterGcc = helloTest "adapter-gcc" (
+    hello.override (_: {
+      stdenv = useWildLinker gccStdenv;
+    })
+  );
+
+  # Test the adapter works with a clang stdenv
+  adapter-llvm = helloTest "adapter-llvm" (
+    hello.override (_: {
+      stdenv = useWildLinker clangStdenv;
+    })
+  );
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
index 4ef0e31896df..d7360aa3360f 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
@@ -335,6 +335,22 @@ rec {
             }
       );
 
+  useWildLinker =
+    stdenv:
+    if !stdenv.targetPlatform.isLinux then
+      throw "Wild only supports building Linux ELF files from Linux hosts."
+    else
+      stdenv.override (prev: {
+        allowedRequisites = null;
+        cc = prev.cc.override {
+          bintools = prev.cc.bintools.override {
+            extraBuildCommands = ''
+              ln -fs ${pkgs.buildPackages.wild-wrapped}/bin/* "$out/bin"
+            '';
+          };
+        };
+      });
+
   /*
     Modify a stdenv so that it builds binaries optimized specifically
     for the machine they are built on.