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diff --git a/nix-support/binary-tarball.nix b/nix-support/binary-tarball.nix
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+++ b/nix-support/binary-tarball.nix
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+{
+  buildPackages,
+  nix,
+  system,
+  version,
+}:
+let
+  installerClosureInfo = buildPackages.closureInfo { rootPaths = [ nix ]; };
+
+  meta.description = "Distribution-independent Nix bootstrap binaries for ${system}";
+in
+buildPackages.runCommand "nix-binary-tarball-${version}" { inherit meta; } ''
+  cp ${installerClosureInfo}/registration $TMPDIR/reginfo
+
+  dir=nix-${version}-${system}
+  fn=$out/$dir.tar.xz
+  mkdir -p $out/nix-support
+  echo "file binary-dist $fn" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
+  tar cvfJ $fn \
+    --owner=0 --group=0 --mode=u+rw,uga+r \
+    --mtime='1970-01-01' \
+    --absolute-names \
+    --hard-dereference \
+    --transform "s,$TMPDIR/reginfo,$dir/.reginfo," \
+    --transform "s,$NIX_STORE,$dir/store,S" \
+    $TMPDIR/reginfo \
+    $(cat ${installerClosureInfo}/store-paths)
+''