diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix b/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
index 77f3cc677f6..931ad1f01ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
@@ -158,6 +158,20 @@ let
                               nixpkgsFun { inherit crossSystem; })
                               lib.systems.examples;
 
+    pkgsLLVM = nixpkgsFun {
+      overlays = [
+        (self': super': {
+          pkgsLLVM = super';
+        })
+      ] ++ overlays;
+      # Bootstrap a cross stdenv using the LLVM toolchain.
+      # This is currently not possible when compiling natively,
+      # so we don't need to check hostPlatform != buildPlatform.
+      crossSystem = stdenv.hostPlatform // {
+        useLLVM = true;
+      };
+    };
+
     # All packages built with the Musl libc. This will override the
     # default GNU libc on Linux systems. Non-Linux systems are not
     # supported.