1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index 674fa96f0b..ed5486f5bd 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ EvalState::EvalState()
     searchPathInsertionPoint = searchPath.end();
     Strings paths = tokenizeString(getEnv("NIX_PATH", ""), ":");
     foreach (Strings::iterator, i, paths) addToSearchPath(*i);
+    printMsg(lvlError, nixDataDir);
+    addToSearchPath("nix=" + nixDataDir + "/nix/corepkgs");
     searchPathInsertionPoint = searchPath.begin();
 }