diff --git a/third_party/nix/src/libutil/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/nix/src/libutil/CMakeLists.txt
index 43b9e8525..a9736b37b 100644
--- a/third_party/nix/src/libutil/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/nix/src/libutil/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ set(HEADER_FILES
     thread-pool.hh
     types.hh
     util.hh
+    visitor.hh
     xml-writer.hh
 )
 
diff --git a/third_party/nix/src/libutil/visitor.hh b/third_party/nix/src/libutil/visitor.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf1d665af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/nix/src/libutil/visitor.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace nix::util {
+
+// Helper class used for visiting std::variants by creating a variadic
+// list of lambda expressions that delegates calls to each of the
+// callables.
+//
+// See e.g.
+// https://dev.to/tmr232/that-overloaded-trick-overloading-lambdas-in-c17
+template <class... Ts>
+struct overloaded : Ts... {
+  using Ts::operator()...;
+};
+
+template <class... Ts>
+overloaded(Ts...) -> overloaded<Ts...>;
+
+}  // namespace nix::util