diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.sh
index 94ea3e4e98e3..f808cd9f78d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.sh
@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@ autoPatchelf() {
     # outside of this function.
     while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' file; do
       isELF "$file" || continue
-      # dynamically linked?
-      readelf -l "$file" | grep -q "^ *INTERP\\>" || continue
+      if isExecutable "$file"; then
+          # Skip if the executable is statically linked.
+          readelf -l "$file" | grep -q "^ *INTERP\\>" || continue
+      fi
       autoPatchelfFile "$file"
     done < <(find "$prefix" -type f -print0)
 }