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+{ stdenv, fetchgit, nix, readline, boehmgc }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "nix-repl-${getVersion nix}-${substring 0 7 src.rev}";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/edolstra/nix-repl.git;
+    rev = "81d658fe4afda234028cd4551e12491db4303957";
+    sha256 = "067mj8as99n0hkrr2qss3y3hnr8c5zy4n8bqx3z900n3j43cwzyc";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nix readline boehmgc ];
+
+  buildPhase = "true";
+
+  # FIXME: unfortunate cut&paste.
+  installPhase =
+    ''
+      mkdir -p $out/bin
+      g++ -O3 -Wall -std=c++0x \
+        -o $out/bin/nix-repl nix-repl.cc \
+        -I${nix}/include/nix -L${nix}/lib/nix \
+        -lformat -lutil -lstore -lexpr -lmain -lreadline -lgc
+    '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/edolstra/nix-repl;
+    description = "An interactive environment for evaluating and building Nix expressions";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = nix.meta.platforms;
+  };
+}