diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/compress-man-pages.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/compress-man-pages.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..74c565ebffc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/compress-man-pages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+addHook fixupOutput 'if [ -z "$dontGzipMan" ]; then compressManPages "$prefix"; fi'
+
+compressManPages() {
+    local dir="$1"
+
+    echo "gzipping man pages in $dir"
+
+    GLOBIGNORE=.:..:*.gz:*.bz2
+
+    for f in "$dir"/share/man/*/* "$dir"/share/man/*/*/*; do
+        if [ -f "$f" -a ! -L "$f" ]; then
+            if gzip -c -n "$f" > "$f".gz; then
+                rm "$f"
+            else
+                rm "$f".gz
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+
+    for f in "$dir"/share/man/*/* "$dir"/share/man/*/*/*; do
+        if [ -L "$f" -a -f `readlink -f "$f"`.gz ]; then
+            ln -sf `readlink "$f"`.gz "$f".gz && rm "$f"
+        fi
+    done
+
+    unset GLOBIGNORE
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b42291358d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# This setup hook causes the fixup phase to rewrite all script
+# interpreter file names (`#!  /path') to paths found in $PATH.  E.g.,
+# /bin/sh will be rewritten to /nix/store/<hash>-some-bash/bin/sh.
+# /usr/bin/env gets special treatment so that ".../bin/env python" is
+# rewritten to /nix/store/<hash>/bin/python.  Interpreters that are
+# already in the store are left untouched.
+
+addHook fixupOutput 'if [ -z "$dontPatchShebangs" ]; then patchShebangs "$prefix"; fi'
+
+patchShebangs() {
+    local dir="$1"
+    header "patching script interpreter paths in $dir"
+    local f
+    local oldPath
+    local newPath
+    local arg0
+    local args
+    local oldInterpreterLine
+    local newInterpreterLine
+
+    find "$dir" -type f -perm +0100 | while read f; do
+        if [ "$(head -1 "$f" | head -c +2)" != '#!' ]; then
+            # missing shebang => not a script
+            continue
+        fi
+
+        oldInterpreterLine=$(head -1 "$f" | tail -c +3)
+        read -r oldPath arg0 args <<< "$oldInterpreterLine"
+
+        if $(echo "$oldPath" | grep -q "/bin/env$"); then
+            # Check for unsupported 'env' functionality:
+            # - options: something starting with a '-'
+            # - environment variables: foo=bar
+            if $(echo "$arg0" | grep -q -- "^-.*\|.*=.*"); then
+                echo "unsupported interpreter directive \"$oldInterpreterLine\" (set dontPatchShebangs=1 and handle shebang patching yourself)"
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            newPath="$(command -v "$arg0" || true)"
+        else
+            if [ "$oldPath" = "" ]; then
+                # If no interpreter is specified linux will use /bin/sh. Set
+                # oldpath="/bin/sh" so that we get /nix/store/.../sh.
+                oldPath="/bin/sh"
+            fi
+            newPath="$(command -v "$(basename "$oldPath")" || true)"
+            args="$arg0 $args"
+        fi
+
+        newInterpreterLine="$newPath $args"
+
+        if [ -n "$oldPath" -a "${oldPath:0:${#NIX_STORE}}" != "$NIX_STORE" ]; then
+            if [ -n "$newPath" -a "$newPath" != "$oldPath" ]; then
+                echo "$f: interpreter directive changed from \"$oldInterpreterLine\" to \"$newInterpreterLine\""
+                # escape the escape chars so that sed doesn't interpret them
+                escapedInterpreterLine=$(echo "$newInterpreterLine" | sed 's|\\|\\\\|g')
+                sed -i -e "1 s|.*|#\!$escapedInterpreterLine|" "$f"
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+
+    stopNest
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a84f7beaa5a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# This setup hook strips libraries and executables in the fixup phase.
+
+addHook fixupOutput _doStrip
+
+_doStrip() {
+    if [ -z "$dontStrip" ]; then
+        stripDebugList=${stripDebugList:-lib lib32 lib64 libexec bin sbin}
+        if [ -n "$stripDebugList" ]; then
+            stripDirs "$stripDebugList" "${stripDebugFlags:--S}"
+        fi
+
+        stripAllList=${stripAllList:-}
+        if [ -n "$stripAllList" ]; then
+            stripDirs "$stripAllList" "${stripAllFlags:--s}"
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+stripDirs() {
+    local dirs="$1"
+    local stripFlags="$2"
+    local dirsNew=
+
+    for d in ${dirs}; do
+        if [ -d "$prefix/$d" ]; then
+            dirsNew="${dirsNew} $prefix/$d "
+        fi
+    done
+    dirs=${dirsNew}
+
+    if [ -n "${dirs}" ]; then
+        header "stripping (with flags $stripFlags) in $dirs"
+        find $dirs -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ${xargsFlags:--r} strip $commonStripFlags $stripFlags || true
+        stopNest
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
index 039ac76e406c..f370aec88cf2 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ let
 
   unsafeGetAttrPos = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos or (n: as: null);
 
+  extraBuildInputs' = extraBuildInputs ++
+    [ ../../build-support/setup-hooks/compress-man-pages.sh
+      ../../build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
+      ../../build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh
+    ];
+
   # The stdenv that we are producing.
   result =
 
@@ -106,10 +112,10 @@ let
               __ignoreNulls = true;
 
               # Inputs built by the cross compiler.
-              buildInputs = lib.optionals (crossConfig != null) (buildInputs ++ extraBuildInputs);
+              buildInputs = lib.optionals (crossConfig != null) (buildInputs ++ extraBuildInputs');
               propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (crossConfig != null) propagatedBuildInputs;
               # Inputs built by the usual native compiler.
-              nativeBuildInputs = nativeBuildInputs ++ lib.optionals (crossConfig == null) (buildInputs ++ extraBuildInputs);
+              nativeBuildInputs = nativeBuildInputs ++ lib.optionals (crossConfig == null) (buildInputs ++ extraBuildInputs');
               propagatedNativeBuildInputs = propagatedNativeBuildInputs ++
                 lib.optionals (crossConfig == null) propagatedBuildInputs;
           }))) (
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh
index a953176127c7..286e9e019b1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh
@@ -325,25 +325,6 @@ export NIX_BUILD_CORES
 # Misc. helper functions.
 
 
-stripDirs() {
-    local dirs="$1"
-    local stripFlags="$2"
-    local dirsNew=
-
-    for d in ${dirs}; do
-        if [ -d "$prefix/$d" ]; then
-            dirsNew="${dirsNew} $prefix/$d "
-        fi
-    done
-    dirs=${dirsNew}
-
-    if [ -n "${dirs}" ]; then
-        header "stripping (with flags $stripFlags) in $dirs"
-        find $dirs -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ${xargsFlags:--r} strip $commonStripFlags $stripFlags || true
-        stopNest
-    fi
-}
-
 # PaX-mark binaries
 paxmark() {
     local flags="$1"
@@ -357,6 +338,7 @@ paxmark() {
     paxctl -zex -${flags} "$@"
 }
 
+
 ######################################################################
 # Textual substitution functions.
 
@@ -702,67 +684,6 @@ checkPhase() {
 }
 
 
-patchShebangs() {
-    # Rewrite all script interpreter file names (`#! /path') under the
-    # specified  directory tree to paths found in $PATH.  E.g.,
-    # /bin/sh will be rewritten to /nix/store/<hash>-some-bash/bin/sh.
-    # /usr/bin/env gets special treatment so that ".../bin/env python" is
-    # rewritten to /nix/store/<hash>/bin/python.
-    # Interpreters that are already in the store are left untouched.
-    header "patching script interpreter paths"
-    local dir="$1"
-    local f
-    local oldPath
-    local newPath
-    local arg0
-    local args
-    local oldInterpreterLine
-    local newInterpreterLine
-
-    find "$dir" -type f -perm +0100 | while read f; do
-        if [ "$(head -1 "$f" | head -c +2)" != '#!' ]; then
-            # missing shebang => not a script
-            continue
-        fi
-
-        oldInterpreterLine=$(head -1 "$f" | tail -c +3)
-        read -r oldPath arg0 args <<< "$oldInterpreterLine"
-
-        if $(echo "$oldPath" | grep -q "/bin/env$"); then
-            # Check for unsupported 'env' functionality:
-            # - options: something starting with a '-'
-            # - environment variables: foo=bar
-            if $(echo "$arg0" | grep -q -- "^-.*\|.*=.*"); then
-                echo "unsupported interpreter directive \"$oldInterpreterLine\" (set dontPatchShebangs=1 and handle shebang patching yourself)"
-                exit 1
-            fi
-            newPath="$(command -v "$arg0" || true)"
-        else
-            if [ "$oldPath" = "" ]; then
-                # If no interpreter is specified linux will use /bin/sh. Set
-                # oldpath="/bin/sh" so that we get /nix/store/.../sh.
-                oldPath="/bin/sh"
-            fi
-            newPath="$(command -v "$(basename "$oldPath")" || true)"
-            args="$arg0 $args"
-        fi
-
-        newInterpreterLine="$newPath $args"
-
-        if [ -n "$oldPath" -a "${oldPath:0:${#NIX_STORE}}" != "$NIX_STORE" ]; then
-            if [ -n "$newPath" -a "$newPath" != "$oldPath" ]; then
-                echo "$f: interpreter directive changed from \"$oldInterpreterLine\" to \"$newInterpreterLine\""
-                # escape the escape chars so that sed doesn't interpret them
-                escapedInterpreterLine=$(echo "$newInterpreterLine" | sed 's|\\|\\\\|g')
-                sed -i -e "1 s|.*|#\!$escapedInterpreterLine|" "$f"
-            fi
-        fi
-    done
-
-    stopNest
-}
-
-
 installPhase() {
     runHook preInstall
 
@@ -838,47 +759,6 @@ fixupPhase() {
 }
 
 
-addHook fixupOutput _defaultFixupOutput
-_defaultFixupOutput() {
-    if [ -z "$dontGzipMan" ]; then
-        echo "gzipping man pages"
-        GLOBIGNORE=.:..:*.gz:*.bz2
-        for f in "$prefix"/share/man/*/* "$prefix"/share/man/*/*/*; do
-            if [ -f "$f" -a ! -L "$f" ]; then
-                if gzip -c -n "$f" > "$f".gz; then
-                    rm "$f"
-                else
-                    rm "$f".gz
-                fi
-            fi
-        done
-        for f in "$prefix"/share/man/*/* "$prefix"/share/man/*/*/*; do
-            if [ -L "$f" -a -f `readlink -f "$f"`.gz ]; then
-                ln -sf `readlink "$f"`.gz "$f".gz && rm "$f"
-            fi
-        done
-        unset GLOBIGNORE
-    fi
-
-    # TODO: strip _only_ ELF executables, and return || fail here...
-    if [ -z "$dontStrip" ]; then
-        stripDebugList=${stripDebugList:-lib lib32 lib64 libexec bin sbin}
-        if [ -n "$stripDebugList" ]; then
-            stripDirs "$stripDebugList" "${stripDebugFlags:--S}"
-        fi
-
-        stripAllList=${stripAllList:-}
-        if [ -n "$stripAllList" ]; then
-            stripDirs "$stripAllList" "${stripAllFlags:--s}"
-        fi
-    fi
-
-    if [ -z "$dontPatchShebangs" ]; then
-        patchShebangs "$prefix"
-    fi
-}
-
-
 installCheckPhase() {
     runHook preInstallCheck