diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index d6c5e01..4fad081 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -13,19 +13,25 @@ let
   storePathLength = builtins.stringLength (builtins.toString builtins.storeDir);
   evaluatingInStore = (builtins.substring 0 storePathLength currentFilePath) == builtins.storeDir;
 
-  selfInStore = builtins.path {
-    path = ./.;
-    name = "source";
-    filter = path: type:
-      let
-        selfPath = builtins.dirOf currentFilePath;
-        gitIgnoreFilters = lib.parseGitignore selfPath path;
-        result = type != "unknown"
-          && type != "symlink"
-          && builtins.baseNameOf path != ".git"
-          && lib.runGitignoreFilter gitIgnoreFilters path type;
-      in result;
+  gitlessSelfInStore = {
+    outPath = builtins.path {
+      path = ./.;
+      name = "source";
+      filter = path: type:
+        let
+          selfPath = builtins.dirOf currentFilePath;
+          gitIgnoreFilters = lib.parseGitignore selfPath path;
+          result = type != "unknown"
+            && type != "symlink"
+            && builtins.baseNameOf path != ".git"
+            && lib.runGitignoreFilter gitIgnoreFilters path type;
+        in result;
+    };
   };
+  gitfullSelfInStore = builtins.fetchGit "file://${builtins.toString ./.}";
+
+  selfInStore' = builtins.tryEval gitfullSelfInStore;
+  selfInStore = if selfInStore'.success then selfInStore'.value else gitlessSelfInStore;
 in
 if !(evaluatingInStore) then { ... }@args: import selfInStore ({ selfPath = selfInStore; } // args )
 else { ... }@args: import ./outputs.nix ({ selfPath = selfInStore; } // args)
diff --git a/outputs.nix b/outputs.nix
index 4146c0f..8cc85cc 100644
--- a/outputs.nix
+++ b/outputs.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {
   inputsPath ? ./inputs.nix,
   inputs ? import inputsPath {},
-  selfPath ? builtins.toString ./.,
+  selfPath ? {
+    outPath = builtins.toString ./.;
+  },
 }:
 
 let