1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libmain/shared.cc b/src/libmain/shared.cc
index 97528f123e4a..fb24e832980c 100644
--- a/src/libmain/shared.cc
+++ b/src/libmain/shared.cc
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ static void initAndRun(int argc, char * * argv)
     nixDBPath = getEnv("NIX_DB_DIR", nixStateDir + "/db");
     nixConfDir = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_CONF_DIR", NIX_CONF_DIR));
 
+    thisSystem = querySetting("system", SYSTEM);
+
     /* Catch SIGINT. */
     struct sigaction act, oact;
     act.sa_handler = sigintHandler;