3 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/cli/src/.skip-subtree b/tvix/cli/src/.skip-subtree
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a16a2afe1f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/cli/src/.skip-subtree
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Because of the derivation.nix file ...
diff --git a/tvix/cli/src/derivation.nix b/tvix/cli/src/derivation.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9355cc3a96f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/cli/src/derivation.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# LGPL-2.1-or-later
+#
+# taken from: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/src/libexpr/primops/derivation.nix
+#
+# TODO: rewrite in native Rust code
+
+/* This is the implementation of the ‘derivation’ builtin function.
+   It's actually a wrapper around the ‘derivationStrict’ primop. */
+
+drvAttrs @ { outputs ? [ "out" ], ... }:
+
+let
+
+  strict = derivationStrict drvAttrs;
+
+  commonAttrs = drvAttrs // (builtins.listToAttrs outputsList) //
+    {
+      all = map (x: x.value) outputsList;
+      inherit drvAttrs;
+    };
+
+  outputToAttrListElement = outputName:
+    {
+      name = outputName;
+      value = commonAttrs // {
+        outPath = builtins.getAttr outputName strict;
+        drvPath = strict.drvPath;
+        type = "derivation";
+        inherit outputName;
+      };
+    };
+
+  outputsList = map outputToAttrListElement outputs;
+
+in
+(builtins.head outputsList).value
diff --git a/tvix/cli/src/main.rs b/tvix/cli/src/main.rs
index 552b8e941c55..447bb13c714e 100644
--- a/tvix/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/tvix/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ fn interpret(code: &str, path: Option<PathBuf>, args: &Args, explain: bool) -> b
     eval.builtins
         .extend(derivation::derivation_builtins(known_paths));
 
+    // Add the actual `builtins.derivation` from compiled Nix code
+    eval.src_builtins
+        .push(("derivation", include_str!("derivation.nix")));
+
     let source_map = eval.source_map();
     let result = {
         let mut compiler_observer =