diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
index 52844300f087..84a7509c528c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 , testers
 , mold
 , nix-update-script
+, runCommandCC
+, mold-wrapped
+, hello
+, buildPackages
+, useMoldLinker
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -44,7 +49,47 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   passthru = {
     updateScript = nix-update-script { };
-    tests.version = testers.testVersion { package = mold; };
+    tests =
+      let
+        helloTest = name: helloMold:
+          let
+            command = "$READELF -p .comment ${lib.getExe helloMold}";
+            emulator = stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages;
+          in
+          runCommandCC "mold-${name}-test" { passthru = { inherit helloMold; }; }
+            ''
+              echo "Testing running the 'hello' binary which should be linked with 'mold'" >&2
+              ${emulator} ${lib.getExe helloMold}
+
+              echo "Checking for mold in the '.comment' section" >&2
+              if output=$(${command} 2>&1); then
+                if grep -Fw -- "mold" - <<< "$output"; then
+                  touch $out
+                else
+                  echo "No mention of 'mold' detected in the '.comment' section" >&2
+                  echo "The command was:" >&2
+                  echo "${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
+      {
+        version = testers.testVersion { package = mold; };
+        wrapped = helloTest "wrapped" (hello.overrideAttrs (previousAttrs: {
+          nativeBuildInputs = (previousAttrs.nativeBuildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ mold-wrapped ];
+          NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = toString (previousAttrs.NIX_CFLAGS_LINK or "") + " -fuse-ld=mold";
+        }));
+        adapter = helloTest "adapter" (hello.override (old: { stdenv = useMoldLinker old.stdenv; }));
+      };
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
index f29bdf671c8c..9b4ee16a003d 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ rec {
   useMoldLinker = stdenv: let
     bintools = stdenv.cc.bintools.override {
       extraBuildCommands = ''
-        wrap ld.mold ${../build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh} ${pkgs.mold}/bin/ld.mold
-        wrap ld ${../build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh} ${pkgs.mold}/bin/ld.mold
+        wrap ${stdenv.cc.bintools.targetPrefix}ld.mold ${../build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh} ${pkgs.mold}/bin/ld.mold
+        wrap ${stdenv.cc.bintools.targetPrefix}ld ${../build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh} ${pkgs.mold}/bin/ld.mold
       '';
     };
   in stdenv.override (old: {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a72eef15e85a..adfa5861e751 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19650,7 +19650,8 @@ with pkgs;
   mold-wrapped = wrapBintoolsWith {
     bintools = mold;
     extraBuildCommands = ''
-      wrap mold ${../build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh} ${mold}/bin/ld.mold
+      wrap ${targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools.targetPrefix}ld.mold ${../build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh} ${mold}/bin/ld.mold
+      wrap ${targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools.targetPrefix}mold ${../build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh} ${mold}/bin/mold
     '';
   };