diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix
index abe4aa67b143..d671c7c72303 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     # FIXME: this will give us incorrect man pages for bits of cctools
     ln -s ${binutils-raw}/share $out/share
-    ln -s ${binutils-raw}/lib $out/lib
+    ln -s ${binutils-raw.out}/lib $out/lib
 
     ln -s ${cctools}/libexec $out/libexec
   '';