diff --git a/nix/river.nix b/nix/river.nix
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+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+
+pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "river";
+  version = "master";
+
+  src = ./.;
+  # src = builtins.fetchGit {
+  #   url = "https://github.com/ifreund/river";
+  #   ref = "master";
+  # };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    zig
+    wayland
+    wayland-protocols
+    wlroots
+    libxkbcommon
+    pixman
+    libudev
+    xorg.libX11
+    libGL
+    libevdev
+    scdoc
+  ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    export HOME=$TMPDIR
+    zig build -Drelease-safe -Dxwayland -Dman-pages
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    zig build -Drelease-safe -Dxwayland -Dman-pages --prefix $out install
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/nix/zig.nix b/nix/zig.nix
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+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+
+pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "master";
+  pname = "zig";
+
+  src = ./.;
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "all" ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ cmake ninja ];
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    llvmPackages_12.clang-unwrapped
+    llvmPackages_12.llvm
+    llvmPackages_12.lld
+    libxml2
+    zlib
+  ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    export HOME=$TMPDIR;
+  '';
+}