1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/value/string.rs b/tvix/eval/src/value/string.rs
index d146ee4cec95..4caef653f2cc 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/value/string.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/value/string.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! This module implements Nix language strings and their different
 //! backing implementations.
+use rnix::ast;
 use smol_str::SmolStr;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::hash::Hash;
@@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ impl From<SmolStr> for NixString {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<ast::Ident> for NixString {
+    fn from(ident: ast::Ident) -> Self {
+        ident.ident_token().unwrap().text().into()
+    }
+}
+
 impl Hash for NixString {
     fn hash<H: std::hash::Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
         self.as_str().hash(state)