diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
index 45ae3eba9b44501..d995dcdba963d26 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 , nativeTools, noLibc ? false, nativeLibc, nativePrefix ? ""
 , propagateDoc ? bintools != null && bintools ? man
 , extraPackages ? [], extraBuildCommands ? ""
-, isGNU ? bintools.isGNU or false, isLLVM ? bintools.isLLVM or false
+, isGNU ? bintools.isGNU or false
+, isLLVM ? bintools.isLLVM or false
+, isCCTools ? bintools.isCCTools or false
 , buildPackages ? {}
 , targetPackages ? {}
 , useMacosReexportHack ? false
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         local dst="$1"
         local wrapper="$2"
         export prog="$3"
+        export use_response_file_by_default=${if isCCTools then "1" else "0"}
         substituteAll "$wrapper" "$out/bin/$dst"
         chmod +x "$out/bin/$dst"
       }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh
index 86a741602201007..cb1160f9bbf71e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh
@@ -250,10 +250,18 @@ fi
 
 PATH="$path_backup"
 # Old bash workaround, see above.
-@prog@ \
-    ${extraBefore+"${extraBefore[@]}"} \
-    ${params+"${params[@]}"} \
-    ${extraAfter+"${extraAfter[@]}"}
+
+if (( "${NIX_LD_USE_RESPONSE_FILE:-@use_response_file_by_default@}" >= 1 )); then
+    @prog@ @<(printf "%q\n" \
+        ${extraBefore+"${extraBefore[@]}"} \
+        ${params+"${params[@]}"} \
+        ${extraAfter+"${extraAfter[@]}"})
+else
+    @prog@ \
+        ${extraBefore+"${extraBefore[@]}"} \
+        ${params+"${params[@]}"} \
+        ${extraAfter+"${extraAfter[@]}"}
+fi
 
 if [ -e "@out@/nix-support/post-link-hook" ]; then
     source @out@/nix-support/post-link-hook
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix
index 3b1a263687321ad..79418a6474d3536 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   passthru = {
     inherit targetPrefix;
+    isCCTools = true;
   };
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cctools/port.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cctools/port.nix
index 3c48c3ebc0c468c..09a5aa912274832 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cctools/port.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cctools/port.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , libuuid
 , libobjc ? null, maloader ? null
 , enableTapiSupport ? true, libtapi
+, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 let
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   patches = [
     ./ld-ignore-rpath-link.patch
     ./ld-rpath-nonfinal.patch
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/tpoechtrager/cctools-port/commit/4a734070cd2838e49658464003de5b92271d8b9e.patch";
+      sha256 = "0c3xh3v3jxcgwv55q00c2rfjs4h91lk43s21w5r33z600h4n6zjr";
+    })
   ]
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin-no-memstream.patch;