diff --git a/src/libcmd/command.cc b/src/libcmd/command.cc
index 56541fa57..047906786 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/command.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/command.cc
@@ -397,4 +397,11 @@ void createOutLinks(const std::filesystem::path & outLink, const BuiltPaths & bu
     }
 }
 
+void MixOutLinkBase::createOutLinksMaybe(const std::vector<BuiltPathWithResult> & buildables, ref<Store> & store)
+{
+    if (outLink != "")
+        if (auto store2 = store.dynamic_pointer_cast<LocalFSStore>())
+            createOutLinks(outLink, toBuiltPaths(buildables), *store2);
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/libcmd/include/nix/cmd/command.hh b/src/libcmd/include/nix/cmd/command.hh
index 6b6418f51..92377be6b 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/include/nix/cmd/command.hh
+++ b/src/libcmd/include/nix/cmd/command.hh
@@ -374,4 +374,41 @@ void printClosureDiff(
  */
 void createOutLinks(const std::filesystem::path & outLink, const BuiltPaths & buildables, LocalFSStore & store);
 
-}
+/** `outLink` parameter, `createOutLinksMaybe` method. See `MixOutLinkByDefault`. */
+struct MixOutLinkBase : virtual Args
+{
+    /** Prefix for any output symlinks. Empty means do not write an output symlink. */
+    Path outLink;
+
+    MixOutLinkBase(const std::string & defaultOutLink)
+        : outLink(defaultOutLink)
+    {
+    }
+
+    void createOutLinksMaybe(const std::vector<BuiltPathWithResult> & buildables, ref<Store> & store);
+};
+
+/** `--out-link`, `--no-link`, `createOutLinksMaybe` */
+struct MixOutLinkByDefault : MixOutLinkBase, virtual Args
+{
+    MixOutLinkByDefault()
+        : MixOutLinkBase("result")
+    {
+        addFlag({
+            .longName = "out-link",
+            .shortName = 'o',
+            .description = "Use *path* as prefix for the symlinks to the build results. It defaults to `result`.",
+            .labels = {"path"},
+            .handler = {&outLink},
+            .completer = completePath,
+        });
+
+        addFlag({
+            .longName = "no-link",
+            .description = "Do not create symlinks to the build results.",
+            .handler = {&outLink, Path("")},
+        });
+    }
+};
+
+} // namespace nix
diff --git a/src/nix/build.cc b/src/nix/build.cc
index daf50082e..bd0c8862b 100644
--- a/src/nix/build.cc
+++ b/src/nix/build.cc
@@ -41,29 +41,13 @@ static nlohmann::json builtPathsWithResultToJSON(const std::vector<BuiltPathWith
     return res;
 }
 
-struct CmdBuild : InstallablesCommand, MixDryRun, MixJSON, MixProfile
+struct CmdBuild : InstallablesCommand, MixOutLinkByDefault, MixDryRun, MixJSON, MixProfile
 {
-    Path outLink = "result";
     bool printOutputPaths = false;
     BuildMode buildMode = bmNormal;
 
     CmdBuild()
     {
-        addFlag({
-            .longName = "out-link",
-            .shortName = 'o',
-            .description = "Use *path* as prefix for the symlinks to the build results. It defaults to `result`.",
-            .labels = {"path"},
-            .handler = {&outLink},
-            .completer = completePath,
-        });
-
-        addFlag({
-            .longName = "no-link",
-            .description = "Do not create symlinks to the build results.",
-            .handler = {&outLink, Path("")},
-        });
-
         addFlag({
             .longName = "print-out-paths",
             .description = "Print the resulting output paths",
@@ -114,9 +98,7 @@ struct CmdBuild : InstallablesCommand, MixDryRun, MixJSON, MixProfile
 
         if (json) logger->cout("%s", builtPathsWithResultToJSON(buildables, *store).dump());
 
-        if (outLink != "")
-            if (auto store2 = store.dynamic_pointer_cast<LocalFSStore>())
-                createOutLinks(outLink, toBuiltPaths(buildables), *store2);
+        createOutLinksMaybe(buildables, store);
 
         if (printOutputPaths) {
             logger->stop();