diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 5945799d2423d..0f65e2eaa59cb 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -196,8 +196,17 @@ fn rustc_minor_nightly() -> (u32, bool) {
         };
     }
 
-    let rustc = otry!(env::var_os("RUSTC"));
-    let output = Command::new(rustc)
+    let rustc = env::var_os("RUSTC").expect("Failed to get rustc version: missing RUSTC env");
+    let mut cmd = match env::var_os("RUSTC_WRAPPER") {
+        Some(wrapper) if !wrapper.is_empty() => {
+            let mut cmd = Command::new(wrapper);
+            cmd.arg(rustc);
+            cmd
+        }
+        _ => Command::new(rustc),
+    };
+
+    let output = cmd
         .arg("--version")
         .output()
         .ok()