diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index d28d2dcb4910..14ef652e076e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -197,6 +197,20 @@ lib.makeExtensible (
 
       nix_2_27 = addTests "nix_2_27" self.nixComponents_2_27.nix-everything;
 
+      nixComponents_2_28 = nixDependencies.callPackage ./modular/packages.nix {
+        version = "2.28.1pre";
+        inherit (self.nix_2_24.meta) maintainers;
+        otherSplices = generateSplicesForNixComponents "nixComponents_2_28";
+        src = fetchFromGitHub {
+          owner = "NixOS";
+          repo = "nix";
+          rev = "9cdf72beaa77f1e6c0faed44872b83783051f20d";
+          hash = "sha256-0sk7cGOdfUA6/AamSsuURHdILxSyw+s2zl7CDaSsawo=";
+        };
+      };
+
+      nix_2_28 = addTests "nix_2_28" self.nixComponents_2_28.nix-everything;
+
       latest = self.nix_2_26;
 
       # The minimum Nix version supported by Nixpkgs
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/modular/src/libmain/package.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/modular/src/libmain/package.nix
index 6cf7e87f51d0..08b6d4e1e400 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/modular/src/libmain/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/modular/src/libmain/package.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
   nix-util,
   nix-store,
+  nix-expr,
 
   # Configuration Options
 
@@ -18,11 +19,15 @@ mkMesonLibrary (finalAttrs: {
 
   workDir = ./.;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    nix-util
-    nix-store
-    openssl
-  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs =
+    lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast version "2.28") [
+      nix-expr
+    ]
+    ++ [
+      nix-util
+      nix-store
+      openssl
+    ];
 
   meta = {
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix ++ lib.platforms.windows;