diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/chicken/5/chicken.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/chicken/5/chicken.nix
index b1fdde8d8668..ed74dfd48239 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/chicken/5/chicken.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/chicken/5/chicken.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, darwin, bootstrap-chicken ? null }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, darwin, bootstrap-chicken ? null, testers }:
 
 let
   platform = with stdenv;
@@ -8,30 +8,41 @@ let
     else if isSunOS then "solaris"
     else "linux"; # Should be a sane default
 in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "chicken";
   version = "5.3.0";
 
   binaryVersion = 11;
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://code.call-cc.org/releases/${version}/chicken-${version}.tar.gz";
+    url = "https://code.call-cc.org/releases/${finalAttrs.version}/chicken-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "sha256-w62Z2PnhftgQkS75gaw7DC4vRvsOzAM7XDttyhvbDXY=";
   };
 
+  # Disable two broken tests: "static link" and "linking tests"
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i tests/runtests.sh -e "/static link/,+4 { s/^/# / }"
+    sed -i tests/runtests.sh -e "/linking tests/,+11 { s/^/# / }"
+  '';
+
   setupHook = lib.optional (bootstrap-chicken != null) ./setup-hook.sh;
 
-  # -fno-strict-overflow is not a supported argument in clang on darwin
-  hardeningDisable = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin ["strictoverflow"];
+  # -fno-strict-overflow is not a supported argument in clang
+  hardeningDisable = lib.optionals stdenv.cc.isClang [ "strictoverflow" ];
 
   makeFlags = [
-    "PLATFORM=${platform}" "PREFIX=$(out)"
-  ] ++ (lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-    "XCODE_TOOL_PATH=${darwin.binutils.bintools}/bin"
+    "PLATFORM=${platform}"
+    "PREFIX=$(out)"
     "C_COMPILER=$(CC)"
     "CXX_COMPILER=$(CXX)"
+    "TARGET_C_COMPILER=${stdenv.cc}/bin/${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc"
+    "TARGET_CXX_COMPILER=${stdenv.cc}/bin/${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}c++"
+  ] ++ (lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    "XCODE_TOOL_PATH=${darwin.binutils.bintools}/bin"
     "LINKER_OPTIONS=-headerpad_max_install_names"
     "POSTINSTALL_PROGRAM=install_name_tool"
+  ]) ++ (lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) [
+    "HOSTSYSTEM=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
   ]);
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -44,24 +55,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     bootstrap-chicken
   ];
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    for f in $out/bin/*
-    do
-      wrapProgram $f \
-        --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ stdenv.cc ]}
-    done
-  '';
-
   doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
   postCheck = ''
     ./csi -R chicken.pathname -R chicken.platform \
-       -p "(assert (equal? \"${toString binaryVersion}\" (pathname-file (car (repository-path)))))"
+       -p "(assert (equal? \"${toString finalAttrs.binaryVersion}\" (pathname-file (car (repository-path)))))"
   '';
 
-  doInstallCheck = true;
-  installCheckPhase = ''
-    $out/bin/chicken -version
-  '';
+  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+    package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+    command = "csi -version";
+  };
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://call-cc.org/";
@@ -77,4 +80,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       Windows, and many Unix flavours.
     '';
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/chicken/5/eggDerivation.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/chicken/5/eggDerivation.nix
index a85a98d46cb6..2d2462355928 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/chicken/5/eggDerivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/chicken/5/eggDerivation.nix
@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ in
 (stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   name = "chicken-${name}";
   propagatedBuildInputs = buildInputs;
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ chicken makeWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ chicken ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   CSC_OPTIONS = lib.concatStringsSep " " cscOptions;
 
   buildPhase = ''
     runHook preBuild
-    chicken-install -cached -no-install ${lib.escapeShellArgs chickenInstallFlags}
+    chicken-install -cached -no-install -host ${lib.escapeShellArgs chickenInstallFlags}
     runHook postBuild
   '';
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ in
 
     export CHICKEN_INSTALL_PREFIX=$out
     export CHICKEN_INSTALL_REPOSITORY=$out/lib/chicken/${toString chicken.binaryVersion}
-    chicken-install -cached ${lib.escapeShellArgs chickenInstallFlags}
+    chicken-install -cached -host ${lib.escapeShellArgs chickenInstallFlags}
 
     for f in $out/bin/*
     do