diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gcc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gcc/package.py
index 86e2b843e4..6bdfaeccc2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gcc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gcc/package.py
@@ -426,6 +426,10 @@ def setup_environment(self, spack_env, run_env):
 
         # Get the contents of the installed binary directory
         bin_path = self.spec.prefix.bin
+
+        if not os.path.isdir(bin_path):
+            return
+
         bin_contents = os.listdir(bin_path)
 
         # Find the first non-symlink compiler binary present for each language