diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index 43cd87fb4597..8f99da805ec1 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 , stdenvNoCC, nativeTools, propagateDoc ? !nativeTools, noLibc ? false, nativeLibc, nativePrefix ? ""
 , cc ? null, libc ? null, bintools, coreutils ? null, shell ? stdenvNoCC.shell
 , extraPackages ? [], extraBuildCommands ? ""
-, isGNU ? false, isClang ? cc.isClang or false, gnugrep ? null
+, isGNU ? false, isClang ? cc.isClang or false, isCompilerRT ? false, gnugrep ? null
 , buildPackages ? {}
 }:
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     # Binutils, and Apple's "cctools"; "bintools" as an attempt to find an
     # unused middle-ground name that evokes both.
     inherit bintools;
-    inherit libc nativeTools nativeLibc nativePrefix isGNU isClang default_cxx_stdlib_compile;
+    inherit libc nativeTools nativeLibc nativePrefix isGNU isClang isCompilerRT default_cxx_stdlib_compile;
 
     emacsBufferSetup = pkgs: ''
       ; We should handle propagation here too
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/default.nix
index 81d41673b251..da5a97a9bbaa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/default.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ let
         targetLlvmLibraries.libcxxabi
         targetLlvmLibraries.compiler-rt
       ];
+      isCompilerRT = true;
       extraBuildCommands = ''
         rsrc="$out/resource-root"
         mkdir "$rsrc"
diff --git a/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index 41a7685ed2e0..06113e40561b 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     NIX_LDFLAGS="-L$NIX_BUILD_TOP/foo/lib -rpath $NIX_BUILD_TOP/foo/lib" $CC -lfoo -o ldflags-check ${./ldflags-main.c}
     ./ldflags-check
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.cc.isCompilerRT or false) ''
+
+    $CC -o sanitizers -fsanitize=address,undefined ${./sanitizers.c}
+    ./sanitizers
+  '' + ''
 
     touch $out
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/sanitizers.c b/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/sanitizers.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93dd78a903ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/sanitizers.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <sanitizer/asan_interface.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  fprintf(stderr, "ok\n");
+  return 0;
+}