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diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/nar/listing/mod.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/nar/listing/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1119a0199f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/nar/listing/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+//! Parser for the Nix archive listing format, aka .ls.
+//!
+//! LS files are produced by the C++ Nix implementation via `write-nar-listing=1` query parameter
+//! passed to a store implementation when transferring store paths.
+//!
+//! Listing files contains metadata about a file and its offset in the corresponding NAR.
+//!
+//! NOTE: LS entries does not offer any integrity field to validate the retrieved file at the provided
+//! offset. Validating the contents is the caller's responsibility.
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum ListingEntry {
+    Regular {
+        size: u64,
+        #[serde(default)]
+        executable: bool,
+        #[serde(rename = "narOffset")]
+        nar_offset: u64,
+    },
+    Directory {
+        entries: HashMap<String, ListingEntry>,
+    },
+    Symlink {
+        target: String,
+    },
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ListingVersion<const V: u8>;
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+#[error("Invalid version: {0}")]
+struct ListingVersionError(u8);
+
+impl<'de, const V: u8> Deserialize<'de> for ListingVersion<V> {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        let value = u8::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        if value == V {
+            Ok(ListingVersion::<V>)
+        } else {
+            Err(serde::de::Error::custom(ListingVersionError(value)))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum Listing {
+    V1 {
+        root: ListingEntry,
+        version: ListingVersion<1>,
+    },
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/nar/listing/test.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/nar/listing/test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..088a6133f531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/nar/listing/test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use crate::nar;
+
+#[test]
+fn nixos_release() {
+    let listing_bytes = include_bytes!("../tests/nixos-release.ls");
+    let listing: nar::listing::Listing = serde_json::from_slice(listing_bytes).unwrap();
+
+    let nar::listing::Listing::V1 { root, .. } = listing;
+    assert!(matches!(root, nar::listing::ListingEntry::Directory { .. }));
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/nar/mod.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/nar/mod.rs
index c678d26ffb38..d0e8ee8a412f 100644
--- a/tvix/nix-compat/src/nar/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/nar/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub(crate) mod wire;
 
+pub mod listing;
 pub mod reader;
 pub mod writer;
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/nar/tests/nixos-release.ls b/tvix/nix-compat/src/nar/tests/nixos-release.ls
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9dd350b7cf86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/nar/tests/nixos-release.ls
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"root":{"entries":{"iso":{"entries":{"nixos-minimal-new-kernel-no-zfs-24.11pre660688.bee6b69aad74-x86_64-linux.iso":{"narOffset":440,"size":1051721728,"type":"regular"}},"type":"directory"},"nix-support":{"entries":{"hydra-build-products":{"narOffset":1051722544,"size":211,"type":"regular"},"system":{"narOffset":1051722944,"size":13,"type":"regular"}},"type":"directory"}},"type":"directory"},"version":1}
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