1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
index 8ece43f87b0f..8f62bd24dda1 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
@@ -62,8 +62,21 @@ rec {
         ];
         mesonFlags = (args.mesonFlags or []) ++ [ "-Ddefault_library=static" ];
       });
+      static = true;
     };
 
+
+  /* Modify a stdenv so that all buildInputs are implicitly propagated to
+     consuming derivations
+  */
+  propagateBuildInputs = stdenv: stdenv //
+    { mkDerivation = args: stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
+        propagatedBuildInputs = (args.propagatedBuildInputs or []) ++ (args.buildInputs or []);
+        buildInputs = [];
+      });
+    };
+
+
   /* Modify a stdenv so that the specified attributes are added to
      every derivation returned by its mkDerivation function.