diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/15/libcxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/15/libcxx/default.nix
index ed5f48e8c38fe31..2cda55a791c8b62 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/15/libcxx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/15/libcxx/default.nix
@@ -77,14 +77,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = let
     # See: https://libcxx.llvm.org/BuildingLibcxx.html#cmdoption-arg-libcxx-cxx-abi-string
-    libcxx_cxx_abi_opt = {
-      "c++abi" = "system-libcxxabi";
-      "cxxrt" = "libcxxrt";
+    # And: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/aa656f6c2dec73faceeed21e15401d8f0c743c8b/libcxx/cmake/Modules/HandleLibCXXABI.cmake#L82-L180
+    libcxx_cxx_abi_options = {
+      "c++abi" = { name = "system-libcxxabi"; headers = "${cxxabi.dev}/include/c++/v1"; };
+      "cxxrt" = { name = "libcxxrt"; headers = "${cxxabi}/include"; };
     }.${cxxabi.libName} or (throw "unknown cxxabi: ${cxxabi.libName} (${cxxabi.pname})");
   in [
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES=libcxx"
-    "-DLIBCXX_CXX_ABI=${if headersOnly then "none" else libcxx_cxx_abi_opt}"
-  ] ++ lib.optional (!headersOnly && cxxabi.libName == "c++abi") "-DLIBCXX_CXX_ABI_INCLUDE_PATHS=${cxxabi.dev}/include/c++/v1"
+    "-DLIBCXX_CXX_ABI=${if headersOnly then "none" else libcxx_cxx_abi_options.name}"
+  ] ++ lib.optional (!headersOnly) "-DLIBCXX_CXX_ABI_INCLUDE_PATHS=${libcxx_cxx_abi_options.headers}"
+    ++ lib.optional (!headersOnly) "-DLIBCXX_CXX_ABI_LIBRARY_PATH=${cxxabi}/lib"
     ++ lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl || stdenv.hostPlatform.isWasi) "-DLIBCXX_HAS_MUSL_LIBC=1"
     ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.useLLVM or false) [
       "-DLIBCXX_USE_COMPILER_RT=ON"
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;
+}