diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/default.nix
index 54ce3e76897..5db0d98b79a 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { runCommand, lib, writeText, writeScriptBin, stdenv, bash, ruby } :
-{ env, runScript ? "${bash}/bin/bash", extraBindMounts ? [], extraInstallCommands ? "" } :
+{ env, runScript ? "${bash}/bin/bash", extraBindMounts ? [], extraInstallCommands ? "", importMeta ? {} } :
 
 let
   name = env.pname;
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ let
   '';
 
 in runCommand name {
+  meta = importMeta;
   passthru.env =
     runCommand "${name}-shell-env" {
       shellHook = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 99271970460..b6f85d1adf7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -279,10 +279,11 @@ let
   };
 
   buildFHSUserEnv = args: userFHSEnv {
-    env = buildFHSEnv (removeAttrs args [ "runScript" "extraBindMounts" "extraInstallCommands" ]);
+    env = buildFHSEnv (removeAttrs args [ "runScript" "extraBindMounts" "extraInstallCommands" "meta" ]);
     runScript = args.runScript or "bash";
     extraBindMounts = args.extraBindMounts or [];
     extraInstallCommands = args.extraInstallCommands or "";
+    importMeta = args.meta or {};
   };
 
   buildMaven = callPackage ../build-support/build-maven.nix {};