diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/default.nix
index b0c9f93649c9..c5b27e85e5bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/default.nix
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ rec {
     , destination ? ""
     , checkPhase ? ""
     , meta ? { }
+    , passthru ? { }
     , allowSubstitutes ? false
     , preferLocalBuild ? true
     , derivationArgs ? { }
@@ -105,7 +106,8 @@ rec {
           {
             mainProgram = lib.head matches;
           } // meta // derivationArgs.meta or {};
-      } // removeAttrs derivationArgs [ "passAsFile" "meta" ])
+        passthru = passthru // derivationArgs.passthru or {};
+      } // removeAttrs derivationArgs [ "passAsFile" "meta" "passthru" ])
       ''
         target=$out${lib.escapeShellArg destination}
         mkdir -p "$(dirname "$target")"
@@ -220,6 +222,12 @@ rec {
          Type: AttrSet
        */
       meta ? { },
+      /*
+         `stdenv.mkDerivation`'s `passthru` argument.
+
+         Type: AttrSet
+       */
+      passthru ? { },
       /*
          The `checkPhase` to run. Defaults to `shellcheck` on supported
          platforms and `bash -n`.
@@ -263,7 +271,7 @@ rec {
       derivationArgs ? { },
     }:
     writeTextFile {
-      inherit name meta derivationArgs;
+      inherit name meta passthru derivationArgs;
       executable = true;
       destination = "/bin/${name}";
       allowSubstitutes = true;
@@ -366,9 +374,10 @@ rec {
     , destination ? ""   # relative path appended to $out eg "/bin/foo"
     , checkPhase ? ""    # syntax checks, e.g. for scripts
     , meta ? { }
+    , passthru ? { }
     }:
     runCommandLocal name
-      { inherit files executable checkPhase meta destination; }
+      { inherit files executable checkPhase meta passthru destination; }
       ''
         file=$out$destination
         mkdir -p "$(dirname "$file")"