diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/substitute/generic-substituter.nix b/pkgs/build-support/substitute/generic-substituter.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..acc349ac816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/substitute/generic-substituter.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv}:
+
+args:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation ({
+  name = if args ? name then args.name else baseNameOf (toString args.src);
+  builder = ./generic-substituter.sh;
+  substitute = ./substitute.sh;
+  inherit (args) src;
+} // args)
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/substitute/generic-substituter.sh b/pkgs/build-support/substitute/generic-substituter.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..085e749c331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/substitute/generic-substituter.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+source $substitute
+
+args=
+
+# Select all environment variables that start with a lowercase character.
+for envVar in $(env | sed "s/^[^a-z].*//" | sed "s/^\([^=]*\)=.*/\1/"); do
+    echo "$envVar -> ${!envVar}"
+    args="$args --subst-var $envVar"
+done
+
+substitute $src $out $args
+
+if test -n "$isExecutable"; then
+    chmod +x $out
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f28f49072a9..d02d49df82c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ rec {
 
   substituter = ../build-support/substitute/substitute.sh;
 
+  genericSubstituter = import ../build-support/substitute/generic-substituter.nix {
+    inherit stdenv;
+  };
+
 
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