diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/move-build-tree.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/move-build-tree.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2718070f3933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/move-build-tree.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prePhases+=" moveBuildDir"
+
+moveBuildDir() {
+    mkdir -p $out/.build
+    cd $out/.build
+}
+
+postPhases+=" removeBuildDir"
+
+removeBuildDir() {
+    rm -rf $out/.build
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1373cef64c77..05e237d283b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1173,6 +1173,10 @@ with pkgs;
     name = "keep-build-tree-hook";
   } ../build-support/setup-hooks/keep-build-tree.sh;
 
+  moveBuildTree = makeSetupHook {
+    name = "move-build-tree-hook";
+  } ../build-support/setup-hooks/move-build-tree.sh;
+
   enableGCOVInstrumentation = makeSetupHook {
     name = "enable-gcov-instrumentation-hook";
   } ../build-support/setup-hooks/enable-coverage-instrumentation.sh;