diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix
index dda1f7e0b337..1a762bd87c79 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ rec {
         for i in as ld ar ranlib nm strip readelf objdump; do
           cp ${binutils.out}/bin/$i $out/bin
         done
-        cp -d ${binutils.out}/lib/lib*.so* $out/lib
+        cp -d ${binutils.lib}/lib/lib*.so* $out/lib
 
         chmod -R u+w $out
 
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
index 2e7b24af131d..42015a79a3e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ rec {
         for i in as ld ar ranlib nm strip readelf objdump; do
           cp ${binutils.out}/bin/$i $out/bin
         done
-        cp -d ${binutils.out}/lib/lib*.so* $out/lib
+        cp -d ${binutils.lib}/lib/lib*.so* $out/lib
 
         chmod -R u+w $out