diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix
index 8e0da288eec7..67000670cd1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # system, e.g., cygwin and mingw builds on i686-cygwin.  Most people
 # can ignore it.
 
-{system, stdenvType ? system, allPackages ? import ../.., platform}:
+{ system, stdenvType ? system, allPackages ? import ../.., platform, config }:
 
 assert system != "i686-cygwin" -> system == stdenvType;
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ rec {
   # be used with care, since many Nix packages will not build properly
   # with it (e.g., because they require GNU Make).
   stdenvNative = (import ./native {
-    inherit system allPackages;
+    inherit system allPackages config;
   }).stdenv;
 
   stdenvNativePkgs = allPackages {
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ rec {
 
   # The Nix build environment.
   stdenvNix = import ./nix {
+    inherit config;
     stdenv = stdenvNative;
     pkgs = stdenvNativePkgs;
   };
 
 
   # Linux standard environment.
-  stdenvLinux = (import ./linux {inherit system allPackages platform;}).stdenvLinux;
+  stdenvLinux = (import ./linux { inherit system allPackages platform config;}).stdenvLinux;
 
 
   # MinGW/MSYS standard environment.
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
index bed6ad2f90ee..852be9612fb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { system, name ? "stdenv", preHook ? "", initialPath, gcc, shell
-, extraAttrs ? {}, overrides ? (pkgs: {})
+, extraAttrs ? {}, overrides ? (pkgs: {}), config
 
 , # The `fetchurl' to use for downloading curl and its dependencies
   # (see all-packages.nix).
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index 3105e76f8177..777b2cf6a328 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # The function defaults are for easy testing.
 { system ? builtins.currentSystem
 , allPackages ? import ../../top-level/all-packages.nix
-, platform ? null }:
+, platform ? null, config }:
 
 rec {
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ rec {
     {gcc, extraAttrs ? {}, overrides ? (pkgs: {}), extraPath ? [], fetchurl}:
 
     import ../generic {
-      inherit system;
+      inherit system config;
       name = "stdenv-linux-boot";
       preHook =
         ''
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ rec {
   #     dependency (`nix-store -qR') on bootstrapTools or the
   #     first binutils built.
   stdenvLinux = import ../generic rec {
-    inherit system;
+    inherit system config;
     
     preHook = commonPreHook;
     
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix
index a33a46c8512d..524b2a53337b 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ system, allPackages ? import ../../.. }:
+{ system, allPackages ? import ../../.., config }:
 
 rec {
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ rec {
 
       fetchurlBoot = fetchurl;
 
-      inherit system shell gcc overrides;
+      inherit system shell gcc overrides config;
     };
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
index 5e242b6e3a1c..668bac5f0ae8 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, pkgs }:
+{ stdenv, pkgs, config }:
 
 import ../generic rec {
+  inherit config;
+
   preHook =
     ''
       export NIX_ENFORCE_PURITY=1
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6038128d5f0b..ad19066617a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ let
 
 
   allStdenvs = import ../stdenv {
-    inherit system stdenvType platform;
+    inherit system stdenvType platform config;
     allPackages = args: import ./all-packages.nix ({ inherit config system; } // args);
   };