diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust-code-analysis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust-code-analysis/default.nix
index 7427a8bd76d6..eaf87a1908f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust-code-analysis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust-code-analysis/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchCrate }:
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchCrate, stdenv }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "rust-code-analysis";
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-axrtFZQOm1/UUBq1CDFkaZCks1mWoLWmfajDfsqSBmY=";
 
+  # Work around https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/166205.
+  env = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.cc.isClang {
+    NIX_LDFLAGS = "-l${stdenv.cc.libcxx.cxxabi.libName}";
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Analyze and collect metrics on source code";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mozilla/rust-code-analysis";