diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix
index d6c59573f2a5..0d328d98ba11 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ in
     powerpc-linux = /* stagesLinux */ stagesNative;
     powerpc64-linux = stagesLinux;
     powerpc64le-linux = stagesLinux;
+    riscv64-linux = stagesLinux;
     x86_64-darwin = stagesDarwin;
     aarch64-darwin = stagesDarwin;
     x86_64-solaris = stagesNix;
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap-files/riscv64.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap-files/riscv64.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aaf1f153c787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap-files/riscv64.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  busybox = import <nix/fetchurl.nix> {
+    url = "http://tarballs.nixos.org/stdenv-linux/riscv64/9bd3cf0063b80428bd85a286205adab4b6ffcbd6/busybox";
+    sha256 = "6f61912f94bc4ef287d1ff48a9521ed16bd07d8d8ec775e471f32c64d346583d";
+    executable = true;
+  };
+
+  bootstrapTools = import <nix/fetchurl.nix> {
+    url = "http://tarballs.nixos.org/stdenv-linux/riscv64/9bd3cf0063b80428bd85a286205adab4b6ffcbd6/bootstrap-tools.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "5466b19288e980125fc62ebb864d09908ffe0bc50cebe52cfee89acff14d5b9f";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index b2b0dad82d82..d2c28b97ff93 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
       armv7l-linux = import ./bootstrap-files/armv7l.nix;
       aarch64-linux = import ./bootstrap-files/aarch64.nix;
       mipsel-linux = import ./bootstrap-files/loongson2f.nix;
+      riscv64-linux = import ./bootstrap-files/riscv64.nix;
     };
     musl = {
       aarch64-linux = import ./bootstrap-files/aarch64-musl.nix;