diff --git a/src/bootstrap/builder.rs b/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
index 2748903f2d4..70b53cfc4e7 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
@@ -1231,7 +1231,9 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
             cargo.arg("--frozen");
         }
 
-        cargo.env("RUSTC_INSTALL_BINDIR", &self.config.bindir);
+        // Try to use a sysroot-relative bindir, in case it was configured absolutely.
+        let bindir = self.config.bindir_relative().unwrap_or(&self.config.bindir);
+        cargo.env("RUSTC_INSTALL_BINDIR", bindir);
 
         self.ci_env.force_coloring_in_ci(&mut cargo);
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/config.rs
index d1bdfa0a767..2493167f2f5 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/config.rs
@@ -647,6 +647,17 @@ impl Config {
         config
     }
 
+    /// Try to find the relative path of `bindir`.
+    pub fn bindir_relative(&self) -> Option<&Path> {
+        let bindir = &self.bindir;
+        if bindir.is_relative() {
+            Some(bindir)
+        } else {
+            // Try to make it relative to the prefix.
+            bindir.strip_prefix(self.prefix.as_ref()?).ok()
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Try to find the relative path of `libdir`.
     pub fn libdir_relative(&self) -> Option<&Path> {
         let libdir = self.libdir.as_ref()?;