diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/add-symlink.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/add-symlink.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6a8f7cfc119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/add-symlink.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+$extra2/bin/chmod u+w $out/include
+(cd $out/include && $extra2/bin/ln -s $extra/include/* .) || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/builder-stdenv-initial.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/builder-stdenv-initial.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb9728af6dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/builder-stdenv-initial.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+set -x
+set -e
+
+PATH=$coreutils/bin
+
+mkdir $out
+
+cat > $out/setup <<EOF
+PATH=$coreutils/bin:$gnused/bin
+EOF
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/curl-unpack b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/curl-unpack
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b62465e5e56c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/curl-unpack
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+set -x
+set -e
+
+echo $curl
+
+$gunzip -d < $curl | $tar xvf -
+
+$cp -prvd * $out
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/download-script b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/download-script
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..543cc43d7581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/scripts/download-script
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+set -x
+set -e
+
+echo $curl
+
+$curl/bin/curl "$url" > .tmp
+
+$gunzip -d < .tmp | $tar xvf -
+
+$cp -prvd * $out
+
+if test -n "$postprocess"; then
+	source $postprocess
+fi
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/tools/cp b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/tools/cp
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..b5974d88350a
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