diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index c8af8789fccf..06e43b6ea5f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -481,6 +481,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       substituteAll ${../wrapper-common/utils.bash} $out/nix-support/utils.bash
     ''
 
+    + optionalString stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin ''
+      echo "-arch ${targetPlatform.darwinArch}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
+    ''
+
     ##
     ## Extra custom steps
     ##