diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/scatter_output.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/scatter_output.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79118392094d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/scatter_output.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+preFixupPhases+=" scatter_files"
+preDistPhases+=" propagate_bin_input"
+
+SCATTER_BIN_DEFAULT=${SCATTER_BIN_DEFAULT:-"/lib/*.so* /bin/*"}
+SCATTER_DOC_DEFAULT=${SCATTER_DOC_DEFAULT:-"/share/man/* /share/doc/*"}
+
+
+scatter_files() {
+    save_nullglob=$(shopt -p nullglob)
+    for o in $outputs; do
+	[[ "$o" == "out" ]] && continue
+	v=files_${o}
+	
+	#if files_'output' isn't set in derivative, use defualts for some
+	[[ ${!v} ]] || {
+            case $o in
+		bin)
+		    v=SCATTER_BIN_DEFAULT
+		    ;;
+		doc)
+		    v=SCATTER_DOC_DEFAULT
+		    ;;
+		*)
+		    continue
+		    ;;
+	    esac
+        }
+
+	# prepend each path with $out
+	paths=$out${!v// \// $out/}
+        shopt -s nullglob
+	for f in $paths; do
+	    shopt -u nullglob
+	    dist=${!o}${f#$out}
+	    mkdir -p $(dirname $dist)
+	    cp -pr $f $dist
+	    # remove source, not forgetting to clean empty dirs
+	    rm -r $f
+	    rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $(dirname $f)
+	done
+	find ${!o} -type f -exec /bin/sh -c 'patchelf --set-rpath $(patchelf --print-rpath {} 2>/dev/null):'${!o}'/lib {} 2>/dev/null && patchelf --shrink-rpath {}' \;
+    done
+    eval $save_nullglob
+}
+
+propagate_bin_input() {
+    if [[ -n ${bin:-} ]]; then
+	mkdir -p $out/nix-support
+	echo $bin >> $out/nix-support/propagated-native-build-inputs 
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -n ${bin:-} && -n ${doc:-} ]]; then
+	mkdir -p $bin/nix-support
+	echo $doc >> $bin/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fc38595d3903..5a74ba45e911 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ let
     dotnetfx = dotnetfx40;
   };
 
+  scatterOutputHook = makeSetupHook {} ../build-support/setup-hooks/scatter_output.sh;
+
   vsenv = callPackage ../build-support/vsenv {
     vs = vs90wrapper;
   };