diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 6bd808a2..176e260c 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
           ./modules/docker-native.nix
           ./modules/installer.nix
           ./modules/interop.nix
+          ./modules/systemd-tarball.nix
           ./modules/version.nix
           ./modules/wsl-conf.nix
           ./modules/wsl-distro.nix
diff --git a/modules/systemd-tarball.nix b/modules/systemd-tarball.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ab04adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/systemd-tarball.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+with builtins; with lib;
+let
+  pkgs2storeContents = map (x: { object = x; symlink = "none"; });
+
+  nixpkgs = lib.cleanSource pkgs.path;
+
+  channelSources = pkgs.runCommand "nixos-${config.system.nixos.version}"
+    { preferLocalBuild = true; }
+    ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      cp -prd ${nixpkgs.outPath} $out/nixos
+      chmod -R u+w $out/nixos
+      if [ ! -e $out/nixos/nixpkgs ]; then
+        ln -s . $out/nixos/nixpkgs
+      fi
+      echo -n ${toString config.system.nixos.revision} > $out/nixos/.git-revision
+      echo -n ${toString config.system.nixos.versionSuffix} > $out/nixos/.version-suffix
+      echo ${toString config.system.nixos.versionSuffix} | sed -e s/pre// > $out/nixos/svn-revision
+    '';
+
+  preparer = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "wsl-prepare" ''
+    set -e
+
+    # Set system profile
+    system=${config.system.build.toplevel}
+    ./$system/sw/bin/nix-store --store "$PWD" --load-db < ./nix-path-registration
+    rm ./nix-path-registration
+    ./$system/sw/bin/nix-env --store "$PWD" -p ./nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set $system
+
+    # Set channel
+    mkdir -p ./nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root
+    ./$system/sw/bin/nix-env --store "$PWD" -p ./nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels --set ${channelSources}
+    mkdir -m 0700 -p ./root/.nix-defexpr
+    ln -s /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels ./root/.nix-defexpr/channels
+
+    mkdir -p sbin nix/nixos-wsl/entrypoint
+    ln -s ${pkgs.wslNativeUtils}/bin/systemd-shim ./sbin/init
+
+    ${lib.optionalString config.wsl.tarball.includeConfig ''
+      # Copy the system configuration
+      mkdir -p ./etc/nixos/nixos-wsl
+      cp -R ${lib.cleanSource ../.}/. ./etc/nixos/nixos-wsl
+      mv ./etc/nixos/nixos-wsl/configuration.nix ./etc/nixos/configuration.nix
+      # Patch the import path to avoid having a flake.nix in /etc/nixos
+      sed -i 's|import \./default\.nix|import \./nixos-wsl|' ./etc/nixos/configuration.nix
+    ''}
+  '';
+in
+{
+
+  config = mkIf config.wsl.enable {
+    assertions = [{
+      assertion = config.wsl.nativeSystemd;
+      message = "config.wsl.nativeSystemd must be true in order to build a systemd-tarball!";
+    }];
+
+    system.build.systemd-tarball = pkgs.callPackage "${nixpkgs}/nixos/lib/make-system-tarball.nix" {
+
+      contents = [
+        # WSL needs this before first activation
+        { inherit (config.environment.etc."wsl.conf") source; target = "/etc/wsl.conf"; }
+      ];
+
+      fileName = "nixos-wsl-${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}";
+
+      storeContents = pkgs2storeContents [
+        config.system.build.toplevel
+        channelSources
+        preparer
+      ];
+
+      extraCommands = "${preparer}/bin/wsl-prepare";
+      extraArgs = "--hard-dereference";
+
+      # Use gzip
+      compressCommand = "gzip";
+      compressionExtension = ".gz";
+    };
+
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/wsl-distro.nix b/modules/wsl-distro.nix
index e279d00d..2f52b2f5 100644
--- a/modules/wsl-distro.nix
+++ b/modules/wsl-distro.nix
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ in
         automountPath = cfg.wslConf.automount.root;
         defaultUser = config.users.users.${cfg.defaultUser};
       };
-
-      nativeUtils = pkgs.callPackage ../scripts/native-utils { };
     in
     mkIf cfg.enable (
       mkMerge [
@@ -82,6 +80,12 @@ in
             ];
           };
 
+          nixpkgs.overlays = [
+            (_: prev: {
+              wslNativeUtils = prev.callPackage ../scripts/native-utils { };
+            })
+          ];
+
           # dhcp is handled by windows
           networking.dhcpcd.enable = false;
 
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ in
             shimSystemd = stringAfter [ ] ''
               echo "setting up /sbin/init shim..."
               mkdir -p /sbin
-              ln -sf ${nativeUtils}/bin/systemd-shim /sbin/init
+              ln -sf ${pkgs.wslNativeUtils}/bin/systemd-shim /sbin/init
             '';
             setupLogin = lib.mkIf cfg.populateBin (stringAfter [ ] ''
               echo "setting up /bin/login..."
@@ -206,7 +210,7 @@ in
             # preserve $PATH from parent
             variables.PATH = [ "$PATH" ];
             extraInit = ''
-              eval $(${nativeUtils}/bin/split-path --automount-root="${cfg.wslConf.automount.root}" ${lib.optionalString cfg.interop.includePath "--include-interop"})
+              eval $(${pkgs.wslNativeUtils}/bin/split-path --automount-root="${cfg.wslConf.automount.root}" ${lib.optionalString cfg.interop.includePath "--include-interop"})
             '';
           };
         })