1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index 5701452f9..674fa96f0 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ EvalState::EvalState()
         gcInitialised = true;
     }
 #endif
+
+    /* Initialise the Nix expression search path. */
+    searchPathInsertionPoint = searchPath.end();
+    Strings paths = tokenizeString(getEnv("NIX_PATH", ""), ":");
+    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, paths) addToSearchPath(*i);
+    searchPathInsertionPoint = searchPath.begin();
 }