diff --git a/lib/systems/default.nix b/lib/systems/default.nix
index 78ccd50ba79a5..a3462d2d424b2 100644
--- a/lib/systems/default.nix
+++ b/lib/systems/default.nix
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ rec {
         # choice.
         else                                     "bfd";
       extensions = rec {
-        sharedLibrary =
+        sharedLibrary = assert final.hasSharedLibraries;
           /**/ if final.isDarwin  then ".dylib"
           else if final.isWindows then ".dll"
           else                         ".so";
@@ -132,6 +132,25 @@ rec {
          # uname -r
          release = null;
       };
+
+      # It is important that hasSharedLibraries==false when the platform has no
+      # dynamic library loader.  Various tools (including the gcc build system)
+      # have knowledge of which platforms are incapable of dynamic linking, and
+      # will still build on/for those platforms with --enable-shared, but simply
+      # omit any `.so` build products such as libgcc_s.so.  When that happens,
+      # it causes hard-to-troubleshoot build failures.
+      hasSharedLibraries = with final;
+        (isAndroid || isGnu || isMusl                                  # Linux (allows multiple libcs)
+         || isDarwin || isSunOS || isOpenBSD || isFreeBSD || isNetBSD  # BSDs
+         || isCygwin || isMinGW                                        # Windows
+        ) && !isStatic;
+
+      # The difference between `isStatic` and `hasSharedLibraries` is mainly the
+      # addition of the `staticMarker` (see make-derivation.nix).  Some
+      # platforms, like embedded machines without a libc (e.g. arm-none-eabi)
+      # don't support dynamic linking, but don't get the `staticMarker`.
+      # `pkgsStatic` sets `isStatic=true`, so `pkgsStatic.hostPlatform` always
+      # has the `staticMarker`.
       isStatic = final.isWasm || final.isRedox;
 
       # Just a guess, based on `system`
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
index c1f6f061f8cd1..d384298993728 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
-, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? stdenv.targetPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
+, enableLTO ? stdenv.hostPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf, binutils
@@ -295,5 +295,5 @@ lib.pipe (stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 // optionalAttrs (enableMultilib) { dontMoveLib64 = true; }
 ))
 [
-  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform crossStageStatic; })
+  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform enableShared crossStageStatic; })
 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
index 47662d5002c43..14073c6a05bcc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
-, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? stdenv.targetPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
+, enableLTO ? stdenv.hostPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf, binutils
@@ -307,6 +307,6 @@ lib.pipe (stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 // optionalAttrs (enableMultilib) { dontMoveLib64 = true; }
 ))
 [
-  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform crossStageStatic; })
+  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform enableShared crossStageStatic; })
   (callPackage ../common/checksum.nix { inherit langC langCC; })
 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix
index e3ad55ae90ca8..be3fde0649e15 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
-, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? stdenv.targetPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
+, enableLTO ? stdenv.hostPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf, binutils
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ lib.pipe (stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 // optionalAttrs (enableMultilib) { dontMoveLib64 = true; }
 ))
 [
-  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform crossStageStatic; })
+  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform enableShared crossStageStatic; })
   (callPackage ../common/checksum.nix { inherit langC langCC; })
 ]
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/13/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/13/default.nix
index b6f83f2662bfa..c1834ead11eee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/13/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/13/default.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
-, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? stdenv.targetPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
+, enableLTO ? stdenv.hostPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf, binutils
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ lib.pipe (stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 // optionalAttrs (enableMultilib) { dontMoveLib64 = true; }
 ))
 [
-  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform crossStageStatic; })
+  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform enableShared crossStageStatic; })
   (callPackage ../common/checksum.nix { inherit langC langCC; })
 ]
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
index 27fa2160c1299..36359b213c78d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
-, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? stdenv.targetPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
+, enableLTO ? stdenv.hostPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf, binutils
@@ -323,5 +323,5 @@ lib.pipe (stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 // optionalAttrs (enableMultilib) { dontMoveLib64 = true; }
 ))
 [
-  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform crossStageStatic; })
+  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform enableShared crossStageStatic; })
 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
index 2477f53b9caa0..d708d0d442449 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
-, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? stdenv.targetPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
+, enableLTO ? stdenv.hostPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf, binutils
@@ -350,5 +350,5 @@ lib.pipe (stdenv.mkDerivation ({
      '';}
 ))
 [
-  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform crossStageStatic; })
+  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform enableShared crossStageStatic; })
 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
index 61874359b2a31..ba8bcf5342a32 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
-, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? stdenv.targetPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
+, enableLTO ? stdenv.hostPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
 , texinfo ? null
 , flex
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
@@ -368,5 +368,5 @@ lib.pipe (stdenv.mkDerivation ({
      '';}
 ))
 [
-  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform crossStageStatic; })
+  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform enableShared crossStageStatic; })
 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
index 19010a578ac4f..a93d3c491b584 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
-, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? stdenv.targetPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
+, enableLTO ? stdenv.hostPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf, binutils
@@ -302,5 +302,5 @@ lib.pipe (stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 // optionalAttrs (enableMultilib) { dontMoveLib64 = true; }
 ))
 [
-  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform crossStageStatic; })
+  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform enableShared crossStageStatic; })
 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
index f06b60ba6df6d..1f913fe57d359 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
-, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? stdenv.targetPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
+, enableLTO ? stdenv.hostPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf, binutils
@@ -277,5 +277,5 @@ lib.pipe (stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 // optionalAttrs (enableMultilib) { dontMoveLib64 = true; }
 ))
 [
-  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform crossStageStatic; })
+  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform enableShared crossStageStatic; })
 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
index d022349c73a1f..79ca57e2f72c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
-, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? stdenv.targetPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
+, enableLTO ? stdenv.hostPlatform.hasSharedLibraries
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf, binutils
@@ -292,5 +292,5 @@ lib.pipe (stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 // optionalAttrs (enableMultilib) { dontMoveLib64 = true; }
 )
 ) [
-  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform crossStageStatic; })
+  (callPackage ../common/libgcc.nix   { inherit version langC langCC langJit targetPlatform hostPlatform enableShared crossStageStatic; })
 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/libgcc.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/libgcc.nix
index 2477a6811aa11..29ec421555ed0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/libgcc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/libgcc.nix
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 , targetPlatform
 , hostPlatform
 , crossStageStatic
+, enableShared
 }:
 
+assert !stdenv.targetPlatform.hasSharedLibraries -> !enableShared;
+
 drv: lib.pipe drv
 
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