diff --git a/nix/lib.nix b/nix/lib.nix
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+let
+  sources = import ./sources.nix;
+  haskell-nix = import sources."haskell.nix";
+  nixpkgs = import sources.nixpkgs;
+  pkgs = (nixpkgs haskell-nix).pkgs;
+in {
+  inherit nixpkgs haskell-nix pkgs;
+  niv = (import sources.niv {}).niv;
+  nix-tools = pkgs.haskell-nix.nix-tools;
+}
diff --git a/nix/sources.json b/nix/sources.json
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+{
+    "haskell.nix": {
+        "branch": "master",
+        "description": "Alternative Haskell Infrastructure for Nixpkgs",
+        "homepage": "https://input-output-hk.github.io/haskell.nix",
+        "owner": "input-output-hk",
+        "repo": "haskell.nix",
+        "rev": "ebb62a66d53484d7dbcf63eeab1c1afa120cfd93",
+        "sha256": "1a8k6v5z5dcnql1wgai1ivv155za7nalqzbqkawjnqj7ygj4piqk",
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://github.com/input-output-hk/haskell.nix/archive/ebb62a66d53484d7dbcf63eeab1c1afa120cfd93.tar.gz",
+        "url_template": "https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/archive/<rev>.tar.gz"
+    },
+    "niv": {
+        "branch": "master",
+        "description": "Easy dependency management for Nix projects",
+        "homepage": "https://github.com/nmattia/niv",
+        "owner": "nmattia",
+        "repo": "niv",
+        "rev": "6f03879b8a91fb0c33c7186da347b914deee3efc",
+        "sha256": "04pl8b4gnbfakapjskm4030qlklwzjk0x45jn9gcnjpdl7s8ri33",
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nmattia/niv/archive/6f03879b8a91fb0c33c7186da347b914deee3efc.tar.gz",
+        "url_template": "https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/archive/<rev>.tar.gz"
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+        "branch": "nixos-19.03",
+        "description": "A read-only mirror of NixOS/nixpkgs tracking the released channels. Send issues and PRs to",
+        "homepage": "https://github.com/input-output-hk/nixpkgs",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs-channels",
+        "rev": "31aa5316ca232a53667790a99e8b1e76252e065c",
+        "sha256": "0g0r473rdrh5vsdvr45nmfs6ibp0pqyzbw9f0iv6r0jkg6jjiykr",
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://github.com/input-output-hk/nixpkgs/archive/31aa5316ca232a53667790a99e8b1e76252e065c.tar.gz",
+        "url_template": "https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/archive/<rev>.tar.gz"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nix/sources.nix b/nix/sources.nix
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+# This file has been generated by Niv.
+
+# A record, from name to path, of the third-party packages
+with rec
+{
+  pkgs =
+    if hasNixpkgsPath
+    then
+        if hasThisAsNixpkgsPath
+        then import (builtins_fetchTarball { inherit (sources_nixpkgs) url sha256; }) {}
+        else import <nixpkgs> {}
+    else
+        import (builtins_fetchTarball { inherit (sources_nixpkgs) url sha256; }) {};
+
+  sources_nixpkgs =
+    if builtins.hasAttr "nixpkgs" sources
+    then sources.nixpkgs
+    else abort
+    ''
+        Please specify either <nixpkgs> (through -I or NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=...) or
+        add a package called "nixpkgs" to your sources.json.
+    '';
+
+  # fetchTarball version that is compatible between all the versions of Nix
+  builtins_fetchTarball =
+      { url, sha256 }@attrs:
+      let
+        inherit (builtins) lessThan nixVersion fetchTarball;
+      in
+        if lessThan nixVersion "1.12" then
+          fetchTarball { inherit url; }
+        else
+          fetchTarball attrs;
+
+  # fetchurl version that is compatible between all the versions of Nix
+  builtins_fetchurl =
+      { url, sha256 }@attrs:
+      let
+        inherit (builtins) lessThan nixVersion fetchurl;
+      in
+        if lessThan nixVersion "1.12" then
+          fetchurl { inherit url; }
+        else
+          fetchurl attrs;
+
+  # A wrapper around pkgs.fetchzip that has inspectable arguments,
+  # annoyingly this means we have to specify them
+  fetchzip = { url, sha256 }@attrs: pkgs.fetchzip attrs;
+
+  # A wrapper around pkgs.fetchurl that has inspectable arguments,
+  # annoyingly this means we have to specify them
+  fetchurl = { url, sha256 }@attrs: pkgs.fetchurl attrs;
+
+  hasNixpkgsPath = (builtins.tryEval <nixpkgs>).success;
+  hasThisAsNixpkgsPath =
+    (builtins.tryEval <nixpkgs>).success && <nixpkgs> == ./.;
+
+  sources = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./sources.json);
+
+  mapAttrs = builtins.mapAttrs or
+    (f: set: with builtins;
+      listToAttrs (map (attr: { name = attr; value = f attr set.${attr}; }) (attrNames set)));
+
+  # borrowed from nixpkgs
+  functionArgs = f: f.__functionArgs or (builtins.functionArgs f);
+  callFunctionWith = autoArgs: f: args:
+    let auto = builtins.intersectAttrs (functionArgs f) autoArgs;
+    in f (auto // args);
+
+  getFetcher = spec:
+    let fetcherName =
+      if builtins.hasAttr "type" spec
+      then builtins.getAttr "type" spec
+      else "builtin-tarball";
+    in builtins.getAttr fetcherName {
+      "tarball" = fetchzip;
+      "builtin-tarball" = builtins_fetchTarball;
+      "file" = fetchurl;
+      "builtin-url" = builtins_fetchurl;
+    };
+};
+# NOTE: spec must _not_ have an "outPath" attribute
+mapAttrs (_: spec:
+  if builtins.hasAttr "outPath" spec
+  then abort
+    "The values in sources.json should not have an 'outPath' attribute"
+  else
+    if builtins.hasAttr "url" spec && builtins.hasAttr "sha256" spec
+    then
+      spec //
+      { outPath = callFunctionWith spec (getFetcher spec) { }; }
+    else spec
+  ) sources