diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
index e7d7d1326174..eb6e7715385c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ wrapQtAppsHook() {
 
         find "$targetDir" -executable -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file
         do
-            isELF "$file" || continue
+            isELFExec "$file" || continue
 
             if [ -f "$file" ]
             then
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh
index ebcedce60b87..311292169ecd 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh
@@ -212,6 +212,18 @@ isELF() {
     if [ "$magic" = $'\177ELF' ]; then return 0; else return 1; fi
 }
 
+# Return success if the specified file is an ELF object
+# and its e_type is ET_EXEC (executable file)
+isELFExec() {
+    grep -ao -P '^\177ELF.{11}\x00\x02' "$1" >/dev/null
+}
+
+# Return success if the specified file is an ELF object
+# and its e_type is ET_DYN (shared object file)
+isELFDyn() {
+    grep -ao -P '^\177ELF.{11}\x00\x03' "$1" >/dev/null
+}
+
 # Return success if the specified file is a script (i.e. starts with
 # "#!").
 isScript() {