diff --git a/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc b/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
index a9f9307737a..198402ff7c8 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "namespaces.hh"
 #include "child.hh"
 #include "unix-domain-socket.hh"
+#include "posix-fs-canonicalise.hh"
 
 #include <regex>
 #include <queue>
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index 2a3582ad8ea..4ff75f528c3 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "finally.hh"
 #include "compression.hh"
 #include "signals.hh"
+#include "posix-fs-canonicalise.hh"
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -581,164 +582,6 @@ void LocalStore::makeStoreWritable()
 }
 
 
-const time_t mtimeStore = 1; /* 1 second into the epoch */
-
-
-static void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path, const struct stat & st)
-{
-    if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
-
-        /* Mask out all type related bits. */
-        mode_t mode = st.st_mode & ~S_IFMT;
-
-        if (mode != 0444 && mode != 0555) {
-            mode = (st.st_mode & S_IFMT)
-                 | 0444
-                 | (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR ? 0111 : 0);
-            if (chmod(path.c_str(), mode) == -1)
-                throw SysError("changing mode of '%1%' to %2$o", path, mode);
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    if (st.st_mtime != mtimeStore) {
-        struct timeval times[2];
-        times[0].tv_sec = st.st_atime;
-        times[0].tv_usec = 0;
-        times[1].tv_sec = mtimeStore;
-        times[1].tv_usec = 0;
-#if HAVE_LUTIMES
-        if (lutimes(path.c_str(), times) == -1)
-            if (errno != ENOSYS ||
-                (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && utimes(path.c_str(), times) == -1))
-#else
-        if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && utimes(path.c_str(), times) == -1)
-#endif
-            throw SysError("changing modification time of '%1%'", path);
-    }
-}
-
-
-void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path)
-{
-    canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(path, lstat(path));
-}
-
-
-static void canonicalisePathMetaData_(
-    const Path & path,
-    std::optional<std::pair<uid_t, uid_t>> uidRange,
-    InodesSeen & inodesSeen)
-{
-    checkInterrupt();
-
-#if __APPLE__
-    /* Remove flags, in particular UF_IMMUTABLE which would prevent
-       the file from being garbage-collected. FIXME: Use
-       setattrlist() to remove other attributes as well. */
-    if (lchflags(path.c_str(), 0)) {
-        if (errno != ENOTSUP)
-            throw SysError("clearing flags of path '%1%'", path);
-    }
-#endif
-
-    auto st = lstat(path);
-
-    /* Really make sure that the path is of a supported type. */
-    if (!(S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)))
-        throw Error("file '%1%' has an unsupported type", path);
-
-#if __linux__
-    /* Remove extended attributes / ACLs. */
-    ssize_t eaSize = llistxattr(path.c_str(), nullptr, 0);
-
-    if (eaSize < 0) {
-        if (errno != ENOTSUP && errno != ENODATA)
-            throw SysError("querying extended attributes of '%s'", path);
-    } else if (eaSize > 0) {
-        std::vector<char> eaBuf(eaSize);
-
-        if ((eaSize = llistxattr(path.c_str(), eaBuf.data(), eaBuf.size())) < 0)
-            throw SysError("querying extended attributes of '%s'", path);
-
-        for (auto & eaName: tokenizeString<Strings>(std::string(eaBuf.data(), eaSize), std::string("\000", 1))) {
-            if (settings.ignoredAcls.get().count(eaName)) continue;
-            if (lremovexattr(path.c_str(), eaName.c_str()) == -1)
-                throw SysError("removing extended attribute '%s' from '%s'", eaName, path);
-        }
-     }
-#endif
-
-    /* Fail if the file is not owned by the build user.  This prevents
-       us from messing up the ownership/permissions of files
-       hard-linked into the output (e.g. "ln /etc/shadow $out/foo").
-       However, ignore files that we chown'ed ourselves previously to
-       ensure that we don't fail on hard links within the same build
-       (i.e. "touch $out/foo; ln $out/foo $out/bar"). */
-    if (uidRange && (st.st_uid < uidRange->first || st.st_uid > uidRange->second)) {
-        if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || !inodesSeen.count(Inode(st.st_dev, st.st_ino)))
-            throw BuildError("invalid ownership on file '%1%'", path);
-        mode_t mode = st.st_mode & ~S_IFMT;
-        assert(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) || (st.st_uid == geteuid() && (mode == 0444 || mode == 0555) && st.st_mtime == mtimeStore));
-        return;
-    }
-
-    inodesSeen.insert(Inode(st.st_dev, st.st_ino));
-
-    canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(path, st);
-
-    /* Change ownership to the current uid.  If it's a symlink, use
-       lchown if available, otherwise don't bother.  Wrong ownership
-       of a symlink doesn't matter, since the owning user can't change
-       the symlink and can't delete it because the directory is not
-       writable.  The only exception is top-level paths in the Nix
-       store (since that directory is group-writable for the Nix build
-       users group); we check for this case below. */
-    if (st.st_uid != geteuid()) {
-#if HAVE_LCHOWN
-        if (lchown(path.c_str(), geteuid(), getegid()) == -1)
-#else
-        if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) &&
-            chown(path.c_str(), geteuid(), getegid()) == -1)
-#endif
-            throw SysError("changing owner of '%1%' to %2%",
-                path, geteuid());
-    }
-
-    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-        DirEntries entries = readDirectory(path);
-        for (auto & i : entries)
-            canonicalisePathMetaData_(path + "/" + i.name, uidRange, inodesSeen);
-    }
-}
-
-
-void canonicalisePathMetaData(
-    const Path & path,
-    std::optional<std::pair<uid_t, uid_t>> uidRange,
-    InodesSeen & inodesSeen)
-{
-    canonicalisePathMetaData_(path, uidRange, inodesSeen);
-
-    /* On platforms that don't have lchown(), the top-level path can't
-       be a symlink, since we can't change its ownership. */
-    auto st = lstat(path);
-
-    if (st.st_uid != geteuid()) {
-        assert(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode));
-        throw Error("wrong ownership of top-level store path '%1%'", path);
-    }
-}
-
-
-void canonicalisePathMetaData(const Path & path,
-    std::optional<std::pair<uid_t, uid_t>> uidRange)
-{
-    InodesSeen inodesSeen;
-    canonicalisePathMetaData(path, uidRange, inodesSeen);
-}
-
-
 void LocalStore::registerDrvOutput(const Realisation & info, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs)
 {
     experimentalFeatureSettings.require(Xp::CaDerivations);
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.hh b/src/libstore/local-store.hh
index 6d589bee5b1..8f0ffd2a2be 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.hh
@@ -371,38 +371,4 @@ private:
     friend struct DerivationGoal;
 };
 
-
-typedef std::pair<dev_t, ino_t> Inode;
-typedef std::set<Inode> InodesSeen;
-
-
-/**
- * "Fix", or canonicalise, the meta-data of the files in a store path
- * after it has been built.  In particular:
- *
- * - the last modification date on each file is set to 1 (i.e.,
- *   00:00:01 1/1/1970 UTC)
- *
- * - the permissions are set of 444 or 555 (i.e., read-only with or
- *   without execute permission; setuid bits etc. are cleared)
- *
- * - the owner and group are set to the Nix user and group, if we're
- *   running as root.
- *
- * If uidRange is not empty, this function will throw an error if it
- * encounters files owned by a user outside of the closed interval
- * [uidRange->first, uidRange->second].
- */
-void canonicalisePathMetaData(
-    const Path & path,
-    std::optional<std::pair<uid_t, uid_t>> uidRange,
-    InodesSeen & inodesSeen);
-void canonicalisePathMetaData(
-    const Path & path,
-    std::optional<std::pair<uid_t, uid_t>> uidRange);
-
-void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path);
-
-MakeError(PathInUse, Error);
-
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc b/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc
index a4ac413b343..0fa977545c7 100644
--- a/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "local-store.hh"
 #include "globals.hh"
 #include "signals.hh"
+#include "posix-fs-canonicalise.hh"
 
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstring>
diff --git a/src/libstore/posix-fs-canonicalise.cc b/src/libstore/posix-fs-canonicalise.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc3ab0b74c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libstore/posix-fs-canonicalise.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+#include <sys/xattr.h>
+
+#include "posix-fs-canonicalise.hh"
+#include "file-system.hh"
+#include "signals.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+const time_t mtimeStore = 1; /* 1 second into the epoch */
+
+
+static void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path, const struct stat & st)
+{
+    if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
+
+        /* Mask out all type related bits. */
+        mode_t mode = st.st_mode & ~S_IFMT;
+
+        if (mode != 0444 && mode != 0555) {
+            mode = (st.st_mode & S_IFMT)
+                 | 0444
+                 | (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR ? 0111 : 0);
+            if (chmod(path.c_str(), mode) == -1)
+                throw SysError("changing mode of '%1%' to %2$o", path, mode);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    if (st.st_mtime != mtimeStore) {
+        struct timeval times[2];
+        times[0].tv_sec = st.st_atime;
+        times[0].tv_usec = 0;
+        times[1].tv_sec = mtimeStore;
+        times[1].tv_usec = 0;
+#if HAVE_LUTIMES
+        if (lutimes(path.c_str(), times) == -1)
+            if (errno != ENOSYS ||
+                (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && utimes(path.c_str(), times) == -1))
+#else
+        if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && utimes(path.c_str(), times) == -1)
+#endif
+            throw SysError("changing modification time of '%1%'", path);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path)
+{
+    canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(path, lstat(path));
+}
+
+
+static void canonicalisePathMetaData_(
+    const Path & path,
+    std::optional<std::pair<uid_t, uid_t>> uidRange,
+    InodesSeen & inodesSeen)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+#if __APPLE__
+    /* Remove flags, in particular UF_IMMUTABLE which would prevent
+       the file from being garbage-collected. FIXME: Use
+       setattrlist() to remove other attributes as well. */
+    if (lchflags(path.c_str(), 0)) {
+        if (errno != ENOTSUP)
+            throw SysError("clearing flags of path '%1%'", path);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    auto st = lstat(path);
+
+    /* Really make sure that the path is of a supported type. */
+    if (!(S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)))
+        throw Error("file '%1%' has an unsupported type", path);
+
+#if __linux__
+    /* Remove extended attributes / ACLs. */
+    ssize_t eaSize = llistxattr(path.c_str(), nullptr, 0);
+
+    if (eaSize < 0) {
+        if (errno != ENOTSUP && errno != ENODATA)
+            throw SysError("querying extended attributes of '%s'", path);
+    } else if (eaSize > 0) {
+        std::vector<char> eaBuf(eaSize);
+
+        if ((eaSize = llistxattr(path.c_str(), eaBuf.data(), eaBuf.size())) < 0)
+            throw SysError("querying extended attributes of '%s'", path);
+
+        for (auto & eaName: tokenizeString<Strings>(std::string(eaBuf.data(), eaSize), std::string("\000", 1))) {
+            if (settings.ignoredAcls.get().count(eaName)) continue;
+            if (lremovexattr(path.c_str(), eaName.c_str()) == -1)
+                throw SysError("removing extended attribute '%s' from '%s'", eaName, path);
+        }
+     }
+#endif
+
+    /* Fail if the file is not owned by the build user.  This prevents
+       us from messing up the ownership/permissions of files
+       hard-linked into the output (e.g. "ln /etc/shadow $out/foo").
+       However, ignore files that we chown'ed ourselves previously to
+       ensure that we don't fail on hard links within the same build
+       (i.e. "touch $out/foo; ln $out/foo $out/bar"). */
+    if (uidRange && (st.st_uid < uidRange->first || st.st_uid > uidRange->second)) {
+        if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || !inodesSeen.count(Inode(st.st_dev, st.st_ino)))
+            throw BuildError("invalid ownership on file '%1%'", path);
+        mode_t mode = st.st_mode & ~S_IFMT;
+        assert(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) || (st.st_uid == geteuid() && (mode == 0444 || mode == 0555) && st.st_mtime == mtimeStore));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    inodesSeen.insert(Inode(st.st_dev, st.st_ino));
+
+    canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(path, st);
+
+    /* Change ownership to the current uid.  If it's a symlink, use
+       lchown if available, otherwise don't bother.  Wrong ownership
+       of a symlink doesn't matter, since the owning user can't change
+       the symlink and can't delete it because the directory is not
+       writable.  The only exception is top-level paths in the Nix
+       store (since that directory is group-writable for the Nix build
+       users group); we check for this case below. */
+    if (st.st_uid != geteuid()) {
+#if HAVE_LCHOWN
+        if (lchown(path.c_str(), geteuid(), getegid()) == -1)
+#else
+        if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) &&
+            chown(path.c_str(), geteuid(), getegid()) == -1)
+#endif
+            throw SysError("changing owner of '%1%' to %2%",
+                path, geteuid());
+    }
+
+    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        DirEntries entries = readDirectory(path);
+        for (auto & i : entries)
+            canonicalisePathMetaData_(path + "/" + i.name, uidRange, inodesSeen);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void canonicalisePathMetaData(
+    const Path & path,
+    std::optional<std::pair<uid_t, uid_t>> uidRange,
+    InodesSeen & inodesSeen)
+{
+    canonicalisePathMetaData_(path, uidRange, inodesSeen);
+
+    /* On platforms that don't have lchown(), the top-level path can't
+       be a symlink, since we can't change its ownership. */
+    auto st = lstat(path);
+
+    if (st.st_uid != geteuid()) {
+        assert(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode));
+        throw Error("wrong ownership of top-level store path '%1%'", path);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void canonicalisePathMetaData(const Path & path,
+    std::optional<std::pair<uid_t, uid_t>> uidRange)
+{
+    InodesSeen inodesSeen;
+    canonicalisePathMetaData(path, uidRange, inodesSeen);
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libstore/posix-fs-canonicalise.hh b/src/libstore/posix-fs-canonicalise.hh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35644af125f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libstore/posix-fs-canonicalise.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#pragma once
+///@file
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "error.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+typedef std::pair<dev_t, ino_t> Inode;
+typedef std::set<Inode> InodesSeen;
+
+
+/**
+ * "Fix", or canonicalise, the meta-data of the files in a store path
+ * after it has been built.  In particular:
+ *
+ * - the last modification date on each file is set to 1 (i.e.,
+ *   00:00:01 1/1/1970 UTC)
+ *
+ * - the permissions are set of 444 or 555 (i.e., read-only with or
+ *   without execute permission; setuid bits etc. are cleared)
+ *
+ * - the owner and group are set to the Nix user and group, if we're
+ *   running as root.
+ *
+ * If uidRange is not empty, this function will throw an error if it
+ * encounters files owned by a user outside of the closed interval
+ * [uidRange->first, uidRange->second].
+ */
+void canonicalisePathMetaData(
+    const Path & path,
+    std::optional<std::pair<uid_t, uid_t>> uidRange,
+    InodesSeen & inodesSeen);
+void canonicalisePathMetaData(
+    const Path & path,
+    std::optional<std::pair<uid_t, uid_t>> uidRange);
+
+void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path);
+
+MakeError(PathInUse, Error);
+
+}
diff --git a/src/nix-store/nix-store.cc b/src/nix-store/nix-store.cc
index 123283dfeea..25f0107bc4f 100644
--- a/src/nix-store/nix-store.cc
+++ b/src/nix-store/nix-store.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "graphml.hh"
 #include "legacy.hh"
 #include "path-with-outputs.hh"
+#include "posix-fs-canonicalise.hh"
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <algorithm>