diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index d363c652f..a1f0e9319 100755
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ export RANLIB="${HOST}-gcc-ranlib"
 export READELF="${HOST}-readelf"
 export STRIP="${HOST}-strip"
 
+if [ -n "${RUSTC_WRAPPER}" ]
+then
+    export CC="${RUSTC_WRAPPER} ${CC}"
+    export CXX="${RUSTC_WRAPPER} ${CXX}"
+fi
+
 BUILD="$(cc -dumpmachine)"
 
 export PKG_CONFIG_FOR_BUILD="pkg-config"
diff --git a/recipes/dev/lua54/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/lua54/recipe.toml
index 5f2f15492..23babe5c7 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/lua54/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/lua54/recipe.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ script = """
 rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}" posix \
     AR="${TARGET}-ar rcu" \
-    CC="${TARGET}-gcc -std=gnu99" \
+    CC="${RUSTC_WRAPPER} ${TARGET}-gcc -std=gnu99" \
     RANLIB="${TARGET}-ranlib" \
     SYSLDFLAGS="-static"
 
diff --git a/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml
index d96b7ec9e..ec8bce545 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     "redox-${ARCH}"
     --prefix="/"
 )
-export CC="${TARGET}-gcc"
+export CC="${RUSTC_WRAPPER} ${TARGET}-gcc"
 "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS[@]}"
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install_sw install_ssldirs DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
diff --git a/recipes/tools/bzip2/recipe.toml b/recipes/tools/bzip2/recipe.toml
index 23eacc6bc..af7282da8 100644
--- a/recipes/tools/bzip2/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tools/bzip2/recipe.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DYNAMIC_INIT
 rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}" \
     AR="${TARGET}-ar" \
-    CC="${TARGET}-gcc" \
+    CC="${RUSTC_WRAPPER} ${TARGET}-gcc" \
     PREFIX="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}" \
     RANLIB="${TARGET}-ranlib" \
     install
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -f Makefile-libbz2_so \
     -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}" \
     AR="${TARGET}-ar" \
-    CC="${TARGET}-gcc" \
+    CC="${RUSTC_WRAPPER} ${TARGET}-gcc" \
     PREFIX="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}" \
     RANLIB="${TARGET}-ranlib"
 
diff --git a/src/bin/cook.rs b/src/bin/cook.rs
index 7624755ef..61e688de4 100644
--- a/src/bin/cook.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cook.rs
@@ -841,6 +841,11 @@ set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME UnixPaths)
 set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR $(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1))
 EOF
 
+    if [ -n "$RUSTC_WRAPPER" ]; then
+        echo "set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER ${RUSTC_WRAPPER})" >> cross_file.cmake
+        echo "set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER ${RUSTC_WRAPPER})" >> cross_file.cmake
+    fi
+
     "${COOKBOOK_CMAKE}" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
         -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True \
@@ -870,6 +875,8 @@ COOKBOOK_MESON_FLAGS=(
 )
 function cookbook_meson {
     echo "[binaries]" > cross_file.txt
+    echo "c = [$(printf "'%s', " $CC | sed 's/, $//')]"  >> cross_file.txt
+    echo "cpp = [$(printf "'%s', " $CXX | sed 's/, $//')]" >> cross_file.txt
     echo "c = '${CC}'" >> cross_file.txt
     echo "cpp = '${CXX}'" >> cross_file.txt
     echo "ar = '${AR}'" >> cross_file.txt