diff --git a/artiq/default.nix b/artiq/default.nix
index 811172e..54734bf 100644
--- a/artiq/default.nix
+++ b/artiq/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ in
     binutils-or1k = callPackage ./pkgs/binutils-or1k.nix {};
     llvm-or1k = callPackage ./pkgs/llvm-or1k.nix { inherit llvm-src; };
     llvmlite-artiq = callPackage ./pkgs/llvmlite-artiq.nix { inherit llvm-or1k; };
+    libartiq-support = callPackage ./pkgs/libartiq-support.nix { inherit rustc; };
     artiq = callPackage ./pkgs/artiq.nix { inherit binutils-or1k; inherit llvm-or1k; inherit llvmlite-artiq; };
     artiq-env = (pkgs.python3.withPackages(ps: [ artiq ])).overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: { name = "${pkgs.python3.name}-artiq-env-${artiq.version}"; });
     openocd = callPackage ./pkgs/openocd.nix {};
diff --git a/artiq/pkgs/libartiq-support.nix b/artiq/pkgs/libartiq-support.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f4a7a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artiq/pkgs/libartiq-support.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, rustc }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libartiq-support-${version}";
+  version = import ./artiq-version.nix;
+  src = import ./artiq-src.nix { inherit fetchgit; };
+  phases = [ "buildPhase" ];
+  # keep in sync with artiq/test/lit/lit.cfg or remove build from the latter once we don't use buildbot/conda anymore
+  buildPhase =
+  ''
+  mkdir $out
+  ${rustc}/bin/rustc ${src}/artiq/test/libartiq_support/lib.rs --out-dir $out -Cpanic=unwind -g
+  '';
+}