1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 5818aa51dab3..6f02762442a1 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <cstring>
 
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <grp.h>
@@ -1427,6 +1428,9 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
        in the store or in the build directory). */
     env["NIX_STORE"] = nixStore;
 
+    /* The maximum number of cores to utilize for parallel building. */
+    env["NIX_BUILD_CORES"] = (format("%d") % buildCores).str();
+
     /* Add all bindings specified in the derivation. */
     foreach (StringPairs::iterator, i, drv.env)
         env[i->first] = i->second;
@@ -2654,6 +2658,7 @@ void Worker::waitForInput()
         timeout.tv_sec = std::max((time_t) 0, lastWokenUp + wakeUpInterval - before);
     } else lastWokenUp = 0;
 
+    using namespace std;
     /* Use select() to wait for the input side of any logger pipe to
        become `available'.  Note that `available' (i.e., non-blocking)
        includes EOF. */