diff --git a/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index 8809030989e69fb..74009c97980d2d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     $CXX -o cxx-check ${./cxx-main.cc}
     ${emulator} ./cxx-check
 
+    # test for https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/214524#issuecomment-1431745905
+    # .../include/cxxabi.h:20:10: fatal error: '__cxxabi_config.h' file not found
+    # in libcxxStdenv
+    echo "checking whether cxxabi.h can be included... " >&2
+    $CXX -o include-cxxabi ${./include-cxxabi.cc}
+    ${emulator} ./include-cxxabi
+
     ${lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.cc.isClang) ''
       echo "checking whether compiler can build with CoreFoundation.framework... " >&2
       mkdir -p foo/lib
diff --git a/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/include-cxxabi.cc b/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/include-cxxabi.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..6ffc97e414a56c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/test/cc-wrapper/include-cxxabi.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <cxxabi.h>
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  std::cerr << "ok" << std::endl;
+  return 0;
+}