diff --git a/src/commands/apt.rs b/src/commands/apt.rs
index ae16047..2cb94b4 100644
--- a/src/commands/apt.rs
+++ b/src/commands/apt.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pub fn query_apt(ctx: Context, msg: Message, args: Vec<&str>) {
     let query = args.join(" ");
     let response: Response = search(
         &format!("https://sources.debian.org/api/src/{}/", &query),
-        EMPTY_RESULT,
+        |_e| EMPTY_RESULT,
     );
     if response.versions.len() == 0 {
         send(msg.channel_id, "No results", &ctx);
diff --git a/src/commands/mod.rs b/src/commands/mod.rs
index d8c2055..97c631e 100644
--- a/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serenity::prelude::*;
 mod apt;
 mod pacman;
+mod nix;
 extern crate reqwest;
 
 pub struct Handler;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ lazy_static! {
         let mut command_list = Vec::new();
         command_list.push(Command::new("pacman", pacman::query_pacman));
         command_list.push(Command::new("apt", apt::query_apt));
+        command_list.push(Command::new("nix", nix::query_nix));
         command_list
     };
 }
@@ -85,8 +87,8 @@ pub fn respond_with_results<T: fmt::Display>(target: ChannelId, results: &Vec<T>
     );
 }
 
-pub fn search<T: DeserializeOwned>(url: &str, fallback: T) -> T {
-    return search_inner(url).unwrap_or(fallback);
+pub fn search<T: DeserializeOwned>(url: &str, fallback: impl Fn(reqwest::Error) -> T) -> T {
+    return search_inner(url).unwrap_or_else(fallback);
 }
 
 fn search_inner<T: DeserializeOwned>(url: &str) -> Result<T, reqwest::Error> {
diff --git a/src/commands/nix.rs b/src/commands/nix.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b895787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/nix.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+use crate::commands::*;
+use serde::de;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
+use serenity::model::channel::Message;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::fmt;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+pub fn query_nix(ctx: Context, msg: Message, args: Vec<&str>) {
+    // we know for sure that there’s at least one element here
+    let query = args[0];
+    match NIX_PACKAGES.packages.get(query) {
+        Some(result) => respond_with_results(msg.channel_id, &vec![result], &ctx),
+        None => send(msg.channel_id, "No results", &ctx),
+    }
+}
+
+lazy_static! {
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    static ref NIX_PACKAGES: Response = {
+        search(
+            &"https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/packages-nixos-19.09.json",
+            |e| { panic!("{}", e)
+            },
+        )
+    };
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct Response {
+    pub commit: String,
+    pub packages: HashMap<String, Package>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct Package {
+    pname: String,
+    version: String,
+    meta: PackageMeta,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct PackageMeta {
+    description: Option<String>,
+    /**
+     * It appears as though the Nix repositories allow either no homepage, one homepage, or a list.
+     * Definitely no unnecessary complexity because of that.
+     */
+    #[serde(default)]
+    #[serde(deserialize_with = "string_or_seq_string")]
+    homepage: String,
+    //homepage: Option<Homepage>,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Package {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            // This is an en-dash, not a minus sign.
+            // Putting a minus here removes the first line from output,
+            // but only for some packages. en-dash works fine.
+            "{}–{}\n    {}\n    Homepage: {}",
+            self.pname,
+            self.version,
+            match &self.meta.description {
+                Some(description) => description,
+                None => "No description provided",
+            },
+            self.meta.homepage
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+// Custom deserializer to handle the string/vec<string> homepage field.
+// Heavily inspired by
+// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41151080/deserialize-a-json-string-or-array-of-strings-into-a-vec
+fn string_or_seq_string<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<String, D::Error>
+where
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    struct StringOrVec(PhantomData<String>);
+
+    impl<'de> de::Visitor<'de> for StringOrVec {
+        type Value = String;
+
+        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+            formatter.write_str("string or list of strings")
+        }
+
+        fn visit_str<E: de::Error>(self, value: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
+            Ok(value.to_owned())
+        }
+
+        fn visit_none<E: de::Error>(self) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
+            Ok("unspecified".to_owned())
+        }
+
+        fn visit_seq<S: de::SeqAccess<'de>>(self, visitor: S) -> Result<Self::Value, S::Error> {
+            let strings: Vec<String> =
+                Deserialize::deserialize(de::value::SeqAccessDeserializer::new(visitor))?;
+            Ok(strings.into_iter().next().unwrap())
+        }
+    }
+
+    deserializer.deserialize_any(StringOrVec(PhantomData))
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/pacman.rs b/src/commands/pacman.rs
index 9cc6293..0d9a458 100644
--- a/src/commands/pacman.rs
+++ b/src/commands/pacman.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub fn query_pacman(ctx: Context, msg: Message, args: Vec<&str>) {
                 "https://www.archlinux.org/packages/search/json/?name={}",
                 &args[0]
             ),
-            EMPTY_RESULT,
+            |_e| EMPTY_RESULT,
         );
         // this is 1 for most packages and 2 if there’s a second version in testing
         if response.results.len() != 0 {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub fn query_pacman(ctx: Context, msg: Message, args: Vec<&str>) {
             "https://www.archlinux.org/packages/search/json/?q={}",
             &query
         ),
-        EMPTY_RESULT,
+        |_e| EMPTY_RESULT,
     );
     if response.results.len() == 0 {
         send(msg.channel_id, "No results", &ctx);