diff --git a/wrapper/main.cpp b/wrapper/main.cpp
index 0aef128..4f90da5 100644
--- a/wrapper/main.cpp
+++ b/wrapper/main.cpp
@@ -239,10 +239,10 @@ constexpr struct Opt {
   const size_t valseparatorlen;
   constexpr Opt(const char *name, optFun fun, const bool valrequired = false,
                 const bool pusharg = false, const char *valseparator = nullptr)
-      :  name(name), namelen(slen(name)), fun(fun),
+      :  name(name), namelen(constexprStrLen(name)), fun(fun),
          valrequired(valrequired), pusharg(pusharg),
          valseparator(valseparator),
-         valseparatorlen(valseparator ? slen(valseparator) : 0) {}
+         valseparatorlen(valseparator ? constexprStrLen(valseparator) : 0) {}
 } opts[] = {
   {"-mmacosx-version-min", versionmin, true, false, "="},
   {"-stdlib", stdlib, true, false, "="},
diff --git a/wrapper/programs/dsymutil.cpp b/wrapper/programs/dsymutil.cpp
index 7974e9a..31bc597 100644
--- a/wrapper/programs/dsymutil.cpp
+++ b/wrapper/programs/dsymutil.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 #endif
 
 using namespace tools;
@@ -32,6 +35,19 @@ namespace program {
 int dsymutil(int argc, char **argv, Target &target) {
   (void)argc;
 
+  //
+  // LLVM 3.6 and LLVM 3.7 come with too early in-development versions of
+  // llvm-dsymutil, which we *must* ignore here.
+  //
+  // 1. Lookup the [osxcross-]llvm-dsymutil binary.
+  //    If no binary is found, then silently return 0/EXIT_SUCCESS.
+  // 2. Run <llvm-dsymutil -version>.
+  // 3. Check whether we are using llvm-dsymutil 3.8 (or later),
+  //    otherwise silently return 0/EXIT_SUCCESS.
+  // 4. Apply compatibility workarounds.
+  // 5. Run [osxcross-]llvm-dsymutil.
+  //
+
   std::string dsymutil;
   char LLVMDsymutilVersionOutput[1024];
   const char *LLVMDsymutilVersionStr;
@@ -75,7 +91,7 @@ int dsymutil(int argc, char **argv, Target &target) {
     return 0;
   }
 
-  LLVMDsymutilVersionStr += 13; // strlen("LLVM version ");
+  LLVMDsymutilVersionStr += constexprStrLen("LLVM version ");
 
   LLVMDsymutilVersion = parseLLVMVersion(LLVMDsymutilVersionStr);
 
@@ -97,7 +113,104 @@ int dsymutil(int argc, char **argv, Target &target) {
   lipo << target.execpath << PATHDIV
        << target.getDefaultTriple(triple) << "-lipo";
 
-  setenv("LIPO", lipo.str().c_str(), 1);
+  if (endsWith(dsymutil, "osxcross-llvm-dsymutil")) {
+    // This is a patched llvm-dsymutil, just need to set LIPO here.
+    setenv("LIPO", lipo.str().c_str(), 1);
+  } else {
+    // This is an unpatched llvm-dsymutil, need to use stupid workarounds here.
+
+    // There is a bug in the vanilla llvm-dsymutil sources which would cause it
+    // to crash when operating on gcc object files.
+    // Fix: https://github.com/tpoechtrager/llvm-dsymutil/commit/5e0fea25.patch
+
+    auto fixHint = []() {
+      info << "you can build a patched llvm-dsymutil via "
+           << "./build_llvm_dsymutil.sh"
+           << info.endl();
+    };
+
+    if (ParentProcessName == "collect2" &&
+        !getenv("OSXCROSS_FORCE_GCC_DSYMUTIL_INVOCATION")) {
+      if (!getenv("OSXCROSS_NO_GCC_DSYMUTIL_WARNING")) {
+        warn << "dsymutil is a no-op when being invoked via gcc; "
+             << "you would get a crash otherwise"
+             << warn.endl();
+        fixHint();
+      }
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    //
+    // A glorious workaround to make the vanilla llvm-dsymutil find lipo.
+    //
+    // 1. Create a temporary directory.
+    // 2. Store a lipo symlink there.
+    // 3. Append <tmpdir> to PATH.
+    // 4. Fork the process and wait until the child process exited.
+    // 5. Remove the temporary directory and return the llvm-dsymutil.
+    //    exit code.
+    //
+
+    char tmpdir[] = "/tmp/XXXXXX";
+    std::string lipolink;
+    pid_t pid;
+
+    if (mkdtemp(tmpdir)) {
+      lipolink = tmpdir;
+      lipolink += "/lipo";
+
+      auto removeTemporaryDirectory = [&]() {
+        if ((!lipolink.empty() && unlink(lipolink.c_str())) || rmdir(tmpdir)) {
+          warn << "dsymutil: cannot remove temporary directory '"
+               << tmpdir << "'" << warn.endl();
+        }
+      };
+
+      if (!symlink(lipo.str().c_str(), lipolink.c_str())) {
+        concatEnvVariable("PATH", tmpdir);
+
+        if ((pid = fork()) == -1) {
+          err << "dsymutil: fork() failed" << err.endl();
+          removeTemporaryDirectory();
+          return 2;
+        } else if (pid > 0) {
+          int status;
+
+          if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) == -1) {
+            err << "dsymutil: waitpid() failed" << err.endl();
+            removeTemporaryDirectory();
+            return 2;
+          }
+
+          removeTemporaryDirectory();
+
+          if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
+            int signal = WTERMSIG(status);
+
+            err << "dsymutil: signal: " << strsignal(signal) << err.endl();
+
+            if (signal == SIGSEGV) {
+              info << "the vanilla llvm-dsymutil is known to crash "
+                   << "when operating on gcc object files" << info.endl();
+              fixHint();
+            }
+
+            return 2;
+          }
+
+          if (WIFEXITED(status))
+            return WEXITSTATUS(status);
+
+          abort();
+        }
+      } else {
+        lipolink.clear();
+        removeTemporaryDirectory();
+      }
+    }
+#endif
+  }
 
   if (execvp(dsymutil.c_str(), argv))
     err << "cannot execute '" << dsymutil << "'" << err.endl();
diff --git a/wrapper/tools.h b/wrapper/tools.h
index aa7d924..0472305 100644
--- a/wrapper/tools.h
+++ b/wrapper/tools.h
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ static inline bool endsWith(std::string const &str, std::string const &end) {
   return std::equal(end.rbegin(), end.rend(), str.rbegin());
 }
 
-size_t constexpr slen(const char *str) {
-  return *str ? 1 + slen(str + 1) : 0;
+size_t constexpr constexprStrLen(const char *str) {
+  return *str ? 1 + constexprStrLen(str + 1) : 0;
 }
 
 //