1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/mod.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/mod.rs
index a06f8eb160..d7f894c89a 100644
--- a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/mod.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
 use std::io;
 
 mod errors;
-mod escape;
 mod output;
+mod parse_error;
+mod parser;
 mod validate;
 mod write;
 
@@ -89,6 +90,12 @@ impl Derivation {
         buffer
     }
 
+    /// Parse an Derivation in ATerm serialization, and validate it passes our
+    /// set of validations.
+    pub fn from_aterm_bytes(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Derivation, parser::Error<&[u8]>> {
+        parser::parse(b)
+    }
+
     /// Returns the drv path of a [Derivation] struct.
     ///
     /// The drv path is calculated by invoking [build_text_path], using