diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/2_26/packaging/everything.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/2_26/packaging/everything.nix
index 2b47c31bbf54..c89d35a60a7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/2_26/packaging/everything.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/2_26/packaging/everything.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ let
           ;
       };
 
-  dev = stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  dev = nixAttrs: stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     name = "nix-${nix-cli.version}-dev";
     pname = "nix";
     version = nix-cli.version;
@@ -78,17 +78,20 @@ let
     installPhase = ''
       mkdir -p $out/nix-support
       echo $libs >> $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs
+      echo ${nixAttrs.finalPackage} >> $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs
     '';
     passthru = {
       tests = {
-        pkg-config = testers.hasPkgConfigModules {
-          package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
-        };
+        # TODO: is this supposed to work for a dev output?
+        # pkg-config = testers.hasPkgConfigModules {
+        #   package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+        # };
       };
 
       # If we were to fully emulate output selection here, we'd confuse the Nix CLIs,
       # because they rely on `drvPath`.
       dev = finalAttrs.finalPackage.out;
+      out = nixAttrs.finalPackage.out;
 
       libs = throw "`nix.dev.libs` is not meant to be used; use `nix.libs` instead.";
     };
@@ -143,10 +146,6 @@ in
 
           # Make sure the functional tests have passed
           nix-functional-tests
-
-          # dev bundle is ok
-          # (checkInputs must be empty paths??)
-          (runCommand "check-pkg-config" { checked = dev.tests.pkg-config; } "mkdir $out")
         ]
         ++ lib.optionals
           (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic && stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform)
@@ -178,17 +177,15 @@ in
         inherit libs;
 
         tests = prevAttrs.passthru.tests or { } // {
-          # TODO: create a proper fixpoint and:
-          # pkg-config =
-          #   testers.hasPkgConfigModules {
-          #     package = finalPackage;
-          #   };
+          pkg-config = testers.hasPkgConfigModules {
+            package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+          };
         };
 
         /**
           A derivation referencing the `dev` outputs of the Nix libraries.
         */
-        inherit dev;
+        dev = dev finalAttrs;
         inherit devdoc;
         doc = nix-manual;
         outputs = [
@@ -203,7 +200,7 @@ in
       };
       meta = prevAttrs.meta // {
         description = "The Nix package manager";
-        pkgConfigModules = dev.meta.pkgConfigModules;
+        pkgConfigModules = (dev finalAttrs).meta.pkgConfigModules;
       };
     }
   )
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index 20d545b79874..53cee6fcb819 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 , fetchpatch2
 , runCommand
 , Security
+, pkgs
+, pkgsi686Linux
+, pkgsStatic
+, nixosTests
 
 , storeDir ? "/nix/store"
 , stateDir ? "/nix/var"
@@ -160,9 +164,20 @@ in lib.makeExtensible (self: ({
     self_attribute_name = "nix_2_25";
   };
 
-  nix_2_26 = callPackage ./2_26/componentized.nix {
+  nix_2_26 = (callPackage ./2_26/componentized.nix {
     inherit libgit2-thin-packfile;
-  };
+  }).overrideAttrs (this: old: {
+    passthru = old.passthru or {} // {
+      tests =
+        old.passthru.tests or {}
+        // import ./tests.nix {
+          inherit runCommand lib stdenv pkgs pkgsi686Linux pkgsStatic nixosTests;
+          inherit (old) version src;
+          nix = this.finalPackage;
+          self_attribute_name = "nix_2_26";
+        };
+    };
+  });
 
   git = common rec {
     version = "2.25.0";