From 315b3cde54ae09e66c46a0c645bcf1a5cc1acfcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ilan Joselevich <personal@ilanjoselevich.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:49:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] nginx: let modules override the nginx derivation

A module that brings cmake needs dontUseCmakeConfigure set on nginx,
which the existing per-module attributes can't express.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5-1
---
 pkgs/servers/http/nginx/generic.nix | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/generic.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/generic.nix
index 91617bc154f5..5e95c49d927e 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/generic.nix
@@ -68,12 +68,19 @@ let
         throw "Module ${mod.name} does not support nginx version ${nginxVersion}!"
     );
 
+  # Modules can adjust the nginx derivation through passthru.forNginx.
+  mkDerivation =
+    args:
+    lib.foldl (drv: mod: drv.overrideAttrs mod.forNginx) (stdenv.mkDerivation args) (
+      lib.filter (mod: mod ? forNginx) modules
+    );
+
 in
 
 assert lib.assertMsg (lib.unique moduleNames == moduleNames)
   "nginx: duplicate modules: ${lib.concatStringsSep ", " moduleNames}. A common cause for this is that services.nginx.additionalModules adds a module which the nixos module itself already adds.";
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+mkDerivation {
   inherit pname version nginxVersion;
 
   outputs = [