diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/assign_DISTNAME b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/assign_DISTNAME
index eef36882df..515802876a 100755
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/assign_DISTNAME
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/assign_DISTNAME
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # A helper script to be sourced into the gitian descriptors
 
-if RECENT_TAG="$(git describe --exact-match HEAD)"; then
+if RECENT_TAG="$(git describe --exact-match HEAD 2> /dev/null)"; then
     VERSION="${RECENT_TAG#v}"
 else
     VERSION="$(git rev-parse --short=12 HEAD)"
diff --git a/contrib/guix/README.md b/contrib/guix/README.md
index 1122ec9ba5..2d128c7ed6 100644
--- a/contrib/guix/README.md
+++ b/contrib/guix/README.md
@@ -80,6 +80,50 @@ at the end of the `guix pull`)
 export PATH="${HOME}/.config/guix/current/bin${PATH:+:}$PATH"
 ```
 
+### Controlling the number of threads used by `guix` build commands
+
+By default, the scripts under `./contrib/guix` will invoke all `guix` build
+commands with `--cores="$JOBS"`. Note that `$JOBS` defaults to `$(nproc)` if not
+specified. However, astute manual readers will also notice that there is a
+`--max-jobs=` flag (which defaults to 1 if unspecified).
+
+Here is the difference between `--cores=` and `--max-jobs=`:
+
+> Note: When I say "derivation," think "package"
+
+`--cores=`
+
+  - controls the number of CPU cores to build each derivation. This is the value
+    passed to `make`'s `--jobs=` flag.
+
+`--max-jobs=`
+
+  - controls how many derivations can be built in parallel
+  - defaults to 1
+
+Therefore, the default is for `guix` build commands to build one derivation at a
+time, utilizing `$JOBS` threads.
+
+Specifying the `$JOBS` environment variable will only modify `--cores=`, but you
+can also modify the value for `--max-jobs=` by specifying
+`$ADDITIONAL_GUIX_COMMON_FLAGS`. For example, if you have a LOT of memory, you
+may want to set:
+
+```sh
+export ADDITIONAL_GUIX_COMMON_FLAGS='--max-jobs=8'
+```
+
+Which allows for a maximum of 8 derivations to be built at the same time, each
+utilizing `$JOBS` threads.
+
+Or, if you'd like to avoid spurious build failures caused by issues with
+parallelism within a single package, but would still like to build multiple
+packages when the dependency graph allows for it, you may want to try:
+
+```sh
+export JOBS=1 ADDITIONAL_GUIX_COMMON_FLAGS='--max-jobs=8'
+```
+
 ## Usage
 
 ### As a Tool for Deterministic Builds
@@ -125,12 +169,16 @@ find output/ -type f -print0 | sort -z | xargs -r0 sha256sum
   the actual SDK (e.g. SDK_PATH=$HOME/Downloads/macOS-SDKs instead of
   $HOME/Downloads/macOS-SDKs/Xcode-11.3.1-11C505-extracted-SDK-with-libcxx-headers).
 
-* _**MAX_JOBS**_
+* _**JOBS**_
 
-  Override the maximum number of jobs to run simultaneously, you might want to
-  do so on a memory-limited machine. This may be passed to `make` as in `make
-  --jobs="$MAX_JOBS"` or `xargs` as in `xargs -P"$MAX_JOBS"`. _(defaults to the
-  value of `nproc` outside the container)_
+  Override the number of jobs to run simultaneously, you might want to do so on
+  a memory-limited machine. This may be passed to:
+
+  - `guix` build commands as in `guix environment --cores="$JOBS"`
+  - `make` as in `make --jobs="$JOBS"`
+  - `xargs` as in `xargs -P"$JOBS"`
+
+  _(defaults to the value of `nproc` outside the container)_
 
 * _**SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH**_
 
@@ -217,6 +265,57 @@ To use dongcarl's substitute server for Bitcoin Core builds after having
 export SUBSTITUTE_URLS='https://guix.carldong.io https://ci.guix.gnu.org'
 ```
 
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Derivation failed to build
+
+When you see a build failure like below:
+
+```
+building /gnu/store/...-foo-3.6.12.drv...
+/ 'check' phasenote: keeping build directory `/tmp/guix-build-foo-3.6.12.drv-0'
+builder for `/gnu/store/...-foo-3.6.12.drv' failed with exit code 1
+build of /gnu/store/...-foo-3.6.12.drv failed
+View build log at '/var/log/guix/drvs/../...-foo-3.6.12.drv.bz2'.
+cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/...-qux-7.69.1.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
+cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/...-bar-3.16.5.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
+cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/...-baz-2.0.5.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
+guix time-machine: error: build of `/gnu/store/...-baz-2.0.5.drv' failed
+```
+
+It means that `guix` failed to build a package named `foo`, which was a
+dependency of `qux`, `bar`, and `baz`. Importantly, note that the last "failed"
+line is not necessarily the root cause, the first "failed" line is.
+
+Most of the time, the build failure is due to a spurious test failure or the
+package's build system/test suite breaking when running multi-threaded. To
+rebuild _just_ this derivation in a single-threaded fashion:
+
+```sh
+$ guix build --cores=1 /gnu/store/...-foo-3.6.12.drv
+```
+
+If the single-threaded rebuild stil did not succeed, you may need to dig deeper.
+You may view `foo`'s build logs in `less` like so (please replace paths with the
+path you see in the build failure output):
+
+```sh
+$ bzcat /var/log/guix/drvs/../...-foo-3.6.12.drv.bz2 | less
+```
+
+`foo`'s build directory is also preserved and available at
+`/tmp/guix-build-foo-3.6.12.drv-0`. However, if you fail to build `foo` multiple
+times, it may be `/tmp/...drv-1` or `/tmp/...drv-2`. Always consult the build
+failure output for the most accurate, up-to-date information.
+
+#### python(-minimal): [Errno 84] Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
+
+This error occurs when your `$TMPDIR` (default: /tmp) exists on a filesystem
+which rejects characters not present in the UTF-8 character code set. An example
+is ZFS with the utf8only=on option set.
+
+More information: https://bugs.python.org/issue37584
+
 ## FAQ
 
 ### How can I trust the binary installation?
diff --git a/contrib/guix/guix-build.sh b/contrib/guix/guix-build
similarity index 81%
rename from contrib/guix/guix-build.sh
rename to contrib/guix/guix-build
index ce38db8633..fe951621ce 100755
--- a/contrib/guix/guix-build.sh
+++ b/contrib/guix/guix-build
@@ -2,22 +2,26 @@
 export LC_ALL=C
 set -e -o pipefail
 
+# Source the common prelude, which:
+#   1. Checks if we're at the top directory of the Bitcoin Core repository
+#   2. Defines a few common functions and variables
+#
+# shellcheck source=libexec/prelude.bash
+source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/libexec/prelude.bash"
+
+
 ###################
-## Sanity Checks ##
+## SANITY CHECKS ##
 ###################
 
 ################
-# Check 1: Make sure that we can invoke required tools
+# Required non-builtin commands should be invokable
 ################
-for cmd in git make guix cat mkdir curl; do
-    if ! command -v "$cmd" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo "ERR: This script requires that '$cmd' is installed and available in your \$PATH"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-done
+
+check_tools cat mkdir make git guix
 
 ################
-# Check 2: Make sure GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS is empty
+# GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS should be empty
 ################
 #
 # GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS is an environment variable recognized by guix commands that
@@ -45,8 +49,9 @@ exit 1
 fi
 
 ################
-# Check 3: Make sure that we're not in a dirty worktree
+# The git worktree should not be dirty
 ################
+
 if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- && [ -z "$FORCE_DIRTY_WORKTREE" ]; then
 cat << EOF
 ERR: The current git worktree is dirty, which may lead to broken builds.
@@ -60,12 +65,12 @@ Hint: To make your git worktree clean, You may want to:
          using a dirty worktree
 EOF
 exit 1
-else
-    GIT_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short=12 HEAD)
 fi
 
+mkdir -p "$VERSION_BASE"
+
 ################
-# Check 4: Make sure that build directories do not exist
+# Build directories should not exist
 ################
 
 # Default to building for all supported HOSTs (overridable by environment)
@@ -73,14 +78,12 @@ export HOSTS="${HOSTS:-x86_64-linux-gnu arm-linux-gnueabihf aarch64-linux-gnu ri
                        x86_64-w64-mingw32
                        x86_64-apple-darwin18}"
 
-DISTSRC_BASE="${DISTSRC_BASE:-${PWD}}"
-
 # Usage: distsrc_for_host HOST
 #
 #   HOST: The current platform triple we're building for
 #
 distsrc_for_host() {
-    echo "${DISTSRC_BASE}/distsrc-${GIT_COMMIT}-${1}"
+    echo "${DISTSRC_BASE}/distsrc-${VERSION}-${1}"
 }
 
 # Accumulate a list of build directories that already exist...
@@ -106,12 +109,11 @@ for host in $hosts_distsrc_exists; do
 done
 exit 1
 else
-
     mkdir -p "$DISTSRC_BASE"
 fi
 
 ################
-# Check 5: When building for darwin, make sure that the macOS SDK exists
+# When building for darwin, the macOS SDK should exists
 ################
 
 for host in $HOSTS; do
@@ -128,13 +130,40 @@ for host in $HOSTS; do
     esac
 done
 
+################
+# Check that we can connect to the guix-daemon
+################
+
+cat << EOF
+Checking that we can connect to the guix-daemon...
+
+Hint: If this hangs, you may want to try turning your guix-daemon off and on
+      again.
+
+EOF
+if ! guix gc --list-failures > /dev/null; then
+cat << EOF
+
+ERR: Failed to connect to the guix-daemon, please ensure that one is running and
+     reachable.
+EOF
+exit 1
+fi
+
+# Developer note: we could use `guix repl` for this check and run:
+#
+#     (import (guix store)) (close-connection (open-connection))
+#
+# However, the internal API is likely to change more than the CLI invocation
+
+
 #########
-# Setup #
+# SETUP #
 #########
 
 # Determine the maximum number of jobs to run simultaneously (overridable by
 # environment)
-MAX_JOBS="${MAX_JOBS:-$(nproc)}"
+JOBS="${JOBS:-$(nproc)}"
 
 # Usage: host_to_commonname HOST
 #
@@ -152,7 +181,7 @@ host_to_commonname() {
 # Download the depends sources now as we won't have internet access in the build
 # container
 for host in $HOSTS; do
-  make -C "${PWD}/depends" -j"$MAX_JOBS" download-"$(host_to_commonname "$host")" ${V:+V=1} ${SOURCES_PATH:+SOURCES_PATH="$SOURCES_PATH"}
+    make -C "${PWD}/depends" -j"$JOBS" download-"$(host_to_commonname "$host")" ${V:+V=1} ${SOURCES_PATH:+SOURCES_PATH="$SOURCES_PATH"}
 done
 
 # Determine the reference time used for determinism (overridable by environment)
@@ -164,19 +193,29 @@ time-machine() {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     guix time-machine --url=https://github.com/dongcarl/guix.git \
                       --commit=490e39ff303f4f6873a04bfb8253755bdae1b29c \
-                      --max-jobs="$MAX_JOBS" \
+                      --cores="$JOBS" \
                       --keep-failed \
+                      --fallback \
                       ${SUBSTITUTE_URLS:+--substitute-urls="$SUBSTITUTE_URLS"} \
                       ${ADDITIONAL_GUIX_COMMON_FLAGS} ${ADDITIONAL_GUIX_TIMEMACHINE_FLAGS} \
                       -- "$@"
 }
 
 # Make sure an output directory exists for our builds
-OUTDIR="${OUTDIR:-${PWD}/output}"
-[ -e "$OUTDIR" ] || mkdir -p "$OUTDIR"
+OUTDIR_BASE="${OUTDIR_BASE:-${VERSION_BASE}/output}"
+mkdir -p "$OUTDIR_BASE"
+
+# Usage: outdir_for_host HOST
+#
+#   HOST: The current platform triple we're building for
+#
+outdir_for_host() {
+    echo "${OUTDIR_BASE}/${1}"
+}
+
 
 #########
-# Build #
+# BUILD #
 #########
 
 # Function to be called when building for host ${1} and the user interrupts the
@@ -216,15 +255,15 @@ for host in $HOSTS; do
 
         # shellcheck disable=SC2030
 cat << EOF
-INFO: Building commit ${GIT_COMMIT:?not set} for platform triple ${HOST:?not set}:
+INFO: Building ${VERSION:?not set} for platform triple ${HOST:?not set}:
       ...using reference timestamp: ${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:?not set}
-      ...running at most ${MAX_JOBS:?not set} jobs
+      ...running at most ${JOBS:?not set} jobs
       ...from worktree directory: '${PWD}'
           ...bind-mounted in container to: '/bitcoin'
       ...in build directory: '$(distsrc_for_host "$HOST")'
           ...bind-mounted in container to: '$(DISTSRC_BASE=/distsrc-base && distsrc_for_host "$HOST")'
-      ...outputting in: '${OUTDIR:?not set}'
-          ...bind-mounted in container to: '/outdir'
+      ...outdirting in: '$(outdir_for_host "$HOST")'
+          ...bind-mounted in container to: '$(OUTDIR_BASE=/outdir-base && outdir_for_host "$HOST")'
 EOF
 
         # Run the build script 'contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh' in the build
@@ -299,24 +338,28 @@ EOF
                                  --no-cwd \
                                  --share="$PWD"=/bitcoin \
                                  --share="$DISTSRC_BASE"=/distsrc-base \
-                                 --share="$OUTDIR"=/outdir \
+                                 --share="$OUTDIR_BASE"=/outdir-base \
                                  --expose="$(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)" \
                                  ${SOURCES_PATH:+--share="$SOURCES_PATH"} \
                                  ${BASE_CACHE:+--share="$BASE_CACHE"} \
                                  ${SDK_PATH:+--share="$SDK_PATH"} \
-                                 --max-jobs="$MAX_JOBS" \
+                                 --cores="$JOBS" \
                                  --keep-failed \
+                                 --fallback \
+                                 --link-profile \
                                  ${SUBSTITUTE_URLS:+--substitute-urls="$SUBSTITUTE_URLS"} \
                                  ${ADDITIONAL_GUIX_COMMON_FLAGS} ${ADDITIONAL_GUIX_ENVIRONMENT_FLAGS} \
                                  -- env HOST="$host" \
-                                        MAX_JOBS="$MAX_JOBS" \
+                                        DISTNAME="$DISTNAME" \
+                                        JOBS="$JOBS" \
                                         SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH="${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:?unable to determine value}" \
                                         ${V:+V=1} \
                                         ${SOURCES_PATH:+SOURCES_PATH="$SOURCES_PATH"} \
                                         ${BASE_CACHE:+BASE_CACHE="$BASE_CACHE"} \
                                         ${SDK_PATH:+SDK_PATH="$SDK_PATH"} \
                                         DISTSRC="$(DISTSRC_BASE=/distsrc-base && distsrc_for_host "$HOST")" \
-                                        OUTDIR=/outdir \
+                                        OUTDIR="$(OUTDIR_BASE=/outdir-base && outdir_for_host "$HOST")" \
+                                        DIST_ARCHIVE_BASE=/outdir-base/dist-archive \
                                       bash -c "cd /bitcoin && bash contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh"
     )
 
diff --git a/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh b/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
index da06d6f408..4fecd67405 100644
--- a/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
+++ b/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ fi
 # Check that required environment variables are set
 cat << EOF
 Required environment variables as seen inside the container:
+    DIST_ARCHIVE_BASE: ${DIST_ARCHIVE_BASE:?not set}
+    DISTNAME: ${DISTNAME:?not set}
     HOST: ${HOST:?not set}
     SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH: ${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:?not set}
-    MAX_JOBS: ${MAX_JOBS:?not set}
+    JOBS: ${JOBS:?not set}
     DISTSRC: ${DISTSRC:?not set}
     OUTDIR: ${OUTDIR:?not set}
 EOF
@@ -52,16 +54,36 @@ store_path() {
 # Set environment variables to point the NATIVE toolchain to the right
 # includes/libs
 NATIVE_GCC="$(store_path gcc-toolchain)"
-export LIBRARY_PATH="${NATIVE_GCC}/lib:${NATIVE_GCC}/lib64"
-export CPATH="${NATIVE_GCC}/include"
+NATIVE_GCC_STATIC="$(store_path gcc-toolchain static)"
+
+unset LIBRARY_PATH
+unset CPATH
 unset C_INCLUDE_PATH
 unset CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
+unset OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH
+unset OBJCPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
+
+export LIBRARY_PATH="${NATIVE_GCC}/lib:${NATIVE_GCC}/lib64:${NATIVE_GCC_STATIC}/lib:${NATIVE_GCC_STATIC}/lib64"
+export C_INCLUDE_PATH="${NATIVE_GCC}/include"
+export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH="${NATIVE_GCC}/include/c++:${NATIVE_GCC}/include"
+export OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH="${NATIVE_GCC}/include"
+export OBJCPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH="${NATIVE_GCC}/include/c++:${NATIVE_GCC}/include"
+
+prepend_to_search_env_var() {
+    export "${1}=${2}${!1:+:}${!1}"
+}
+
 case "$HOST" in
     *darwin*)
         # When targeting darwin, zlib is required by native_libdmg-hfsplus.
         zlib_store_path=$(store_path "zlib")
-        export LIBRARY_PATH="${zlib_store_path}/lib:${LIBRARY_PATH}"
-        export CPATH="${zlib_store_path}/include:${CPATH}"
+        zlib_static_store_path=$(store_path "zlib" static)
+
+        prepend_to_search_env_var LIBRARY_PATH "${zlib_static_store_path}/lib:${zlib_store_path}/lib"
+        prepend_to_search_env_var C_INCLUDE_PATH "${zlib_store_path}/include"
+        prepend_to_search_env_var CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH "${zlib_store_path}/include"
+        prepend_to_search_env_var OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH "${zlib_store_path}/include"
+        prepend_to_search_env_var OBJCPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH "${zlib_store_path}/include"
 esac
 
 # Set environment variables to point the CROSS toolchain to the right
@@ -173,7 +195,7 @@ esac
 ####################
 
 # Build the depends tree, overriding variables that assume multilib gcc
-make -C depends --jobs="$MAX_JOBS" HOST="$HOST" \
+make -C depends --jobs="$JOBS" HOST="$HOST" \
                                    ${V:+V=1} \
                                    ${SOURCES_PATH+SOURCES_PATH="$SOURCES_PATH"} \
                                    ${BASE_CACHE+BASE_CACHE="$BASE_CACHE"} \
@@ -198,11 +220,7 @@ make -C depends --jobs="$MAX_JOBS" HOST="$HOST" \
 # Source Tarball Building #
 ###########################
 
-# Define DISTNAME variable.
-# shellcheck source=contrib/gitian-descriptors/assign_DISTNAME
-source contrib/gitian-descriptors/assign_DISTNAME
-
-GIT_ARCHIVE="${OUTDIR}/src/${DISTNAME}.tar.gz"
+GIT_ARCHIVE="${DIST_ARCHIVE_BASE}/${DISTNAME}.tar.gz"
 
 # Create the source tarball if not already there
 if [ ! -e "$GIT_ARCHIVE" ]; then
@@ -268,7 +286,7 @@ mkdir -p "$DISTSRC"
 
 
     # Build Bitcoin Core
-    make --jobs="$MAX_JOBS" ${V:+V=1}
+    make --jobs="$JOBS" ${V:+V=1}
 
     # Perform basic ELF security checks on a series of executables.
     make -C src --jobs=1 check-security ${V:+V=1}
@@ -276,6 +294,7 @@ mkdir -p "$DISTSRC"
     # version symbols for Linux distro back-compatibility.
     make -C src --jobs=1 check-symbols  ${V:+V=1}
 
+    mkdir -p ${OUTDIR}
     # Make the os-specific installers
     case "$HOST" in
         *mingw*)
@@ -307,9 +326,6 @@ mkdir -p "$DISTSRC"
                 osx_volname \
                 contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-{apply,create}.sh \
                 "${BASEPREFIX}/${HOST}"/native/bin/dmg
-            for util in codesign_allocate pagestuff; do
-                cp --no-target-directory {"${BASEPREFIX}/${HOST}/native/bin/${HOST}-","unsigned-app-${HOST}/"}"$util"
-            done
             mv --target-directory="unsigned-app-${HOST}" dist
             (
                 cd "unsigned-app-${HOST}"
@@ -345,7 +361,7 @@ mkdir -p "$DISTSRC"
                 {
                     find "${DISTNAME}/bin" -type f -executable -print0
                     find "${DISTNAME}/lib" -type f -print0
-                } | xargs -0 -n1 -P"$MAX_JOBS" -I{} "${DISTSRC}/contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh" {} {} {}.dbg
+                } | xargs -0 -n1 -P"$JOBS" -I{} "${DISTSRC}/contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh" {} {} {}.dbg
                 ;;
         esac
 
@@ -395,21 +411,21 @@ mkdir -p "$DISTSRC"
                     || ( rm -f "${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-${HOST//x86_64-apple-darwin18/osx64}.tar.gz" && exit 1 )
                 ;;
         esac
-    )
-)
+    )  # $DISTSRC/installed
 
-case "$HOST" in
-    *mingw*)
-        cp -rf --target-directory=. contrib/windeploy
-        (
-            cd ./windeploy
-            mkdir unsigned
-            cp --target-directory=unsigned/ "${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win64-setup-unsigned.exe"
-            find . -print0 \
-                | sort --zero-terminated \
-                | tar --create --no-recursion --mode='u+rw,go+r-w,a+X' --null --files-from=- \
-                | gzip -9n > "${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win-unsigned.tar.gz" \
-                || ( rm -f "${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win-unsigned.tar.gz" && exit 1 )
-        )
-        ;;
-esac
+    case "$HOST" in
+        *mingw*)
+            cp -rf --target-directory=. contrib/windeploy
+            (
+                cd ./windeploy
+                mkdir -p unsigned
+                cp --target-directory=unsigned/ "${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win64-setup-unsigned.exe"
+                find . -print0 \
+                    | sort --zero-terminated \
+                    | tar --create --no-recursion --mode='u+rw,go+r-w,a+X' --null --files-from=- \
+                    | gzip -9n > "${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win-unsigned.tar.gz" \
+                    || ( rm -f "${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win-unsigned.tar.gz" && exit 1 )
+            )
+            ;;
+    esac
+)  # $DISTSRC
diff --git a/contrib/guix/libexec/prelude.bash b/contrib/guix/libexec/prelude.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33a319012c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/guix/libexec/prelude.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+export LC_ALL=C
+set -e -o pipefail
+
+# shellcheck source=../../shell/realpath.bash
+source contrib/shell/realpath.bash
+
+# shellcheck source=../../shell/git-utils.bash
+source contrib/shell/git-utils.bash
+
+################
+# Required non-builtin commands should be invokable
+################
+
+check_tools() {
+    for cmd in "$@"; do
+        if ! command -v "$cmd" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "ERR: This script requires that '$cmd' is installed and available in your \$PATH"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+check_tools cat env readlink dirname basename git
+
+################
+# We should be at the top directory of the repository
+################
+
+same_dir() {
+    local resolved1 resolved2
+    resolved1="$(bash_realpath "${1}")"
+    resolved2="$(bash_realpath "${2}")"
+    [ "$resolved1" = "$resolved2" ]
+}
+
+if ! same_dir "${PWD}" "$(git_root)"; then
+cat << EOF
+ERR: This script must be invoked from the top level of the git repository
+
+Hint: This may look something like:
+    env FOO=BAR ./contrib/guix/guix-<blah>
+
+EOF
+exit 1
+fi
+
+################
+# Set common variables
+################
+
+VERSION="${VERSION:-$(git_head_version)}"
+DISTNAME="${DISTNAME:-bitcoin-${VERSION}}"
+
+version_base_prefix="${PWD}/guix-build-"
+VERSION_BASE="${version_base_prefix}${VERSION}"  # TOP
+
+DISTSRC_BASE="${DISTSRC_BASE:-${VERSION_BASE}}"
+
+OUTDIR_BASE="${OUTDIR_BASE:-${VERSION_BASE}/output}"
diff --git a/contrib/guix/manifest.scm b/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
index 06d1cd11a7..834027a8e8 100644
--- a/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
+++ b/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ chain for " target " development."))
         gzip
         xz
         zlib
+        (list zlib "static")
         ;; Build tools
         gnu-make
         libtool
@@ -227,7 +228,8 @@ chain for " target " development."))
         ;; Git
         git
         ;; Native gcc 7 toolchain
-        gcc-toolchain-7)
+        gcc-toolchain-7
+        (list gcc-toolchain-7 "static"))
   (let ((target (getenv "HOST")))
     (cond ((string-suffix? "-mingw32" target)
            ;; Windows
@@ -237,5 +239,5 @@ chain for " target " development."))
           ((string-contains target "-linux-")
            (list (make-bitcoin-cross-toolchain target)))
           ((string-contains target "darwin")
-           (list clang-8 binutils imagemagick libtiff librsvg font-tuffy cmake xorriso))
+           (list clang-toolchain-8 binutils imagemagick libtiff librsvg font-tuffy cmake xorriso))
           (else '())))))
diff --git a/contrib/shell/git-utils.bash b/contrib/shell/git-utils.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37bac1f38d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/shell/git-utils.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+git_root() {
+    git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2> /dev/null
+}
+
+git_head_version() {
+    local recent_tag
+    if recent_tag="$(git describe --exact-match HEAD 2> /dev/null)"; then
+        echo "${recent_tag#v}"
+    else
+        git rev-parse --short=12 HEAD
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/contrib/shell/realpath.bash b/contrib/shell/realpath.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..389b77b562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/shell/realpath.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Based on realpath.sh written by Michael Kropat
+# Found at: https://github.com/mkropat/sh-realpath/blob/65512368b8155b176b67122aa395ac580d9acc5b/realpath.sh
+
+bash_realpath() {
+    canonicalize_path "$(resolve_symlinks "$1")"
+}
+
+resolve_symlinks() {
+    _resolve_symlinks "$1"
+}
+
+_resolve_symlinks() {
+    _assert_no_path_cycles "$@" || return
+
+    local dir_context path
+    if path=$(readlink -- "$1"); then
+        dir_context=$(dirname -- "$1")
+        _resolve_symlinks "$(_prepend_dir_context_if_necessary "$dir_context" "$path")" "$@"
+    else
+        printf '%s\n' "$1"
+    fi
+}
+
+_prepend_dir_context_if_necessary() {
+    if [ "$1" = . ]; then
+        printf '%s\n' "$2"
+    else
+        _prepend_path_if_relative "$1" "$2"
+    fi
+}
+
+_prepend_path_if_relative() {
+    case "$2" in
+        /* ) printf '%s\n' "$2" ;;
+         * ) printf '%s\n' "$1/$2" ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+_assert_no_path_cycles() {
+    local target path
+
+    target=$1
+    shift
+
+    for path in "$@"; do
+        if [ "$path" = "$target" ]; then
+            return 1
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+canonicalize_path() {
+    if [ -d "$1" ]; then
+        _canonicalize_dir_path "$1"
+    else
+        _canonicalize_file_path "$1"
+    fi
+}
+
+_canonicalize_dir_path() {
+    (cd "$1" 2>/dev/null && pwd -P)
+}
+
+_canonicalize_file_path() {
+    local dir file
+    dir=$(dirname -- "$1")
+    file=$(basename -- "$1")
+    (cd "$dir" 2>/dev/null && printf '%s/%s\n' "$(pwd -P)" "$file")
+}
diff --git a/depends/Makefile b/depends/Makefile
index 93ef561af4..1349b08d55 100644
--- a/depends/Makefile
+++ b/depends/Makefile
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ build_id_string+=system_clang
 $(host_arch)_$(host_os)_id_string+=system_clang
 endif
 
-build_id_string+=GUIX_ENVIRONMENT=$(GUIX_ENVIRONMENT)
-$(host_arch)_$(host_os)_id_string+=GUIX_ENVIRONMENT=$(GUIX_ENVIRONMENT)
+build_id_string+=GUIX_ENVIRONMENT=$(realpath $(GUIX_ENVIRONMENT))
+$(host_arch)_$(host_os)_id_string+=GUIX_ENVIRONMENT=$(realpath $(GUIX_ENVIRONMENT))
 
 qrencode_packages_$(NO_QR) = $(qrencode_$(host_os)_packages)
 
diff --git a/depends/packages/native_libdmg-hfsplus.mk b/depends/packages/native_libdmg-hfsplus.mk
index c0f0ce74de..3abb74ab91 100644
--- a/depends/packages/native_libdmg-hfsplus.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/native_libdmg-hfsplus.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
-  cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$(build_prefix) -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-Wl,--build-id=none" ..
+  cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$(build_prefix) -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-Wl,--build-id=none" -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH="ON" -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static" -DCMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES=".a" ..
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
diff --git a/depends/packages/qt.mk b/depends/packages/qt.mk
index 83b9161ad5..38abb0c2c3 100644
--- a/depends/packages/qt.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qt.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ $(package)_patches+= fix_qpainter_non_determinism.patch fix_lib_paths.patch fix_
 $(package)_patches+= fix_limits_header.patch
 $(package)_patches+= fix_montery_include.patch
 $(package)_patches += glibc_compatibility.patch
+$(package)_patches+= qtbase-moc-ignore-gcc-macro.patch
 
 # Update OSX_QT_TRANSLATIONS when this is updated
 $(package)_qttranslations_file_name=qttranslations-$($(package)_suffix)
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@ define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/fix_limits_header.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/fix_montery_include.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/glibc_compatibility.patch && \
+  patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/qtbase-moc-ignore-gcc-macro.patch && \
   mkdir -p qtbase/mkspecs/macx-clang-linux &&\
   cp -f qtbase/mkspecs/macx-clang/qplatformdefs.h qtbase/mkspecs/macx-clang-linux/ &&\
   cp -f $($(package)_patch_dir)/mac-qmake.conf qtbase/mkspecs/macx-clang-linux/qmake.conf && \
diff --git a/depends/patches/qt/qtbase-moc-ignore-gcc-macro.patch b/depends/patches/qt/qtbase-moc-ignore-gcc-macro.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0358bea6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/patches/qt/qtbase-moc-ignore-gcc-macro.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+The moc executable loops through headers on CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH and stumbles
+on the GCC internal _GLIBCXX_VISIBILITY macro.  Tell it to ignore it as it is
+not supposed to be looking there to begin with.
+
+Upstream report: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-83160
+
+diff --git a/qtbase/src/tools/moc/main.cpp b/qtbase/src/tools/moc/main.cpp
+--- a/qtbase/src/tools/moc/main.cpp
++++ b/qtbase/src/tools/moc/main.cpp
+@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ int runMoc(int argc, char **argv)
+     dummyVariadicFunctionMacro.arguments += Symbol(0, PP_IDENTIFIER, "__VA_ARGS__");
+     pp.macros["__attribute__"] = dummyVariadicFunctionMacro;
+     pp.macros["__declspec"] = dummyVariadicFunctionMacro;
++    pp.macros["_GLIBCXX_VISIBILITY"] = dummyVariadicFunctionMacro;
+ 
+     QString filename;
+     QString output;