1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 887858fce30c..4a2bc5218b69 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -2494,6 +2494,10 @@ void SubstitutionGoal::tryToRun()
             outPipe.readSide.close();
             outPipe.writeSide.close();
 
+            /* Pass configuration options (including those overriden
+               with --option) to the substituter. */
+            setenv("_NIX_OPTIONS", packSettings().c_str(), 1);
+
             /* Fill in the arguments. */
             Strings args;
             args.push_back(baseNameOf(sub));