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-rw-r--r--src/libstore/store-api.cc2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.cc b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
index 05353bce2..45c53f23e 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<Store> openFromNonUri(const std::string & uri, const Store::Para
else if (pathExists(settings.nixDaemonSocketFile))
return std::make_shared<UDSRemoteStore>(params);
#if __linux__
- else if (!pathExists(stateDir) && params.empty() && getuid() != 0) {
+ else if (!pathExists(stateDir) && params.empty() && getuid() != 0 && !getEnv("NIX_STORE_DIR").has_value()) {
/* If /nix doesn't exist, there is no daemon socket, and
we're not root, then automatically set up a chroot
store in ~/.local/share/nix/root. */