diff --git a/src/libcmd/repl.cc b/src/libcmd/repl.cc
index 75f20d635842..42162868e19f 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/repl.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/repl.cc
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "markdown.hh"
 #include "local-fs-store.hh"
 #include "print.hh"
+#include "gc-small-vector.hh"
+#include "print-options.hh"
 
 #if HAVE_BOEHMGC
 #define GC_INCLUDE_NEW
@@ -887,6 +889,49 @@ void NixRepl::loadFiles()
         notice("Loading installable '%1%'...", what);
         addAttrsToScope(*i);
     }
+
+    if (evalSettings.replInitFile) {
+        notice("Loading '%1%'...", *evalSettings.replInitFile.get());
+        Value replInit;
+        state->evalFile(evalSettings.replInitFile, replInit);
+        // // Doesn't help:
+        // state->forceValue(replInit, replInit.determinePos(noPos));
+
+        auto infoBuilder = state->buildBindings(1);
+        Value currentSystem;
+        currentSystem.mkString(evalSettings.getCurrentSystem());
+        infoBuilder.insert(state->symbols.create("currentSystem"), &currentSystem);
+        Value info;
+        info.mkAttrs(infoBuilder.finish());
+
+        // // This doesn't work either:
+        // auto map = mapStaticEnvBindings(state->symbols, *staticEnv, *env);
+        // auto currentBuilder = state->buildBindings(map->size());
+        // for (auto & [name, value] : *map) {
+            // currentBuilder.insert(state->symbols.create(name), value);
+        // }
+
+        auto currentBuilder = state->buildBindings(staticEnv->vars.size());
+        for (auto & [symbol, displacement] : staticEnv->vars) {
+            currentBuilder.insert(symbol, env->values[displacement]);
+        }
+        Value currentAttrs;
+        currentAttrs.mkAttrs(currentBuilder.finish());
+
+        Value newAttrs;
+        SmallValueVector<2> args = {&info, &currentAttrs};
+        state->callFunction(replInit, args.size(), args.data(), newAttrs, replInit.determinePos(noPos));
+        std::cout << ValuePrinter(*state, newAttrs, errorPrintOptions) << std::endl;
+
+        addAttrsToScope(newAttrs);
+
+        // This prints the values of the variables fine:
+        for (auto & [symbol, displacement] : staticEnv->vars) {
+            auto value = *env->values[displacement];
+            state->forceValue(value, value.determinePos(noPos));
+            std::cout << state->symbols[symbol] << " = " << ValuePrinter(*state, value, errorPrintOptions) << std::endl;
+        }
+    }
 }