1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/glue/src/lib.rs b/tvix/glue/src/lib.rs
index acb81d31445f..760e730217ee 100644
--- a/tvix/glue/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tvix/glue/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,3 +26,13 @@ pub fn add_derivation_builtins(
     eval.src_builtins
         .push(("derivation", include_str!("derivation.nix")));
 }
+
+/// Tell the Evaluator to resolve <nix> to the path `/__corepkgs__`,
+/// which has special handling in [tvix_io::TvixIO].
+/// This is used in nixpkgs to import `fetchurl.nix` from `<nix>`.
+pub fn configure_nix_path(eval: &mut tvix_eval::Evaluation, nix_search_path: &Option<String>) {
+    eval.nix_path = nix_search_path
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|p| format!("nix=/__corepkgs__:{}", p))
+        .or_else(|| Some("nix=/__corepkgs__".to_string()));
+}