diff --git a/src/nix/meson.build b/src/nix/meson.build
index 0ba8bdd46..586ee15c3 100644
--- a/src/nix/meson.build
+++ b/src/nix/meson.build
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ this_exe = executable(
   include_directories : include_dirs,
   link_args: linker_export_flags,
   install : true,
+  cpp_pch : ['pch/precompiled-headers.hh']
 )
 
 meson.override_find_program('nix', this_exe)
diff --git a/src/nix/pch/precompiled-headers.hh b/src/nix/pch/precompiled-headers.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b320c861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nix/pch/precompiled-headers.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include "nix/cmd/command.hh"
+#include "nix/expr/eval.hh"
+#include "nix/main/shared.hh"