diff --git a/.nix/nixpkgs.json b/.nix/nixpkgs.json
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+++ b/.nix/nixpkgs.json
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+{
+  "url": "https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs-channels",
+  "rev": "f3fa5a101eb74a10f6c53b504e18b42bacccbaeb",
+  "date": "2019-12-03T16:52:39+00:00",
+  "sha256": "0mf8n78xhni57f5pgc5rc7l3sgnar95998gi06a1anf8gqnrrhn1",
+  "fetchSubmodules": false
+}
diff --git a/.nix/nixpkgs.nix b/.nix/nixpkgs.nix
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+++ b/.nix/nixpkgs.nix
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+{ owner  ? "NixOS"
+, repo   ? "nixpkgs-channels"
+, rev    ? "f3fa5a101eb74a10f6c53b504e18b42bacccbaeb"
+, sha256 ? "0mf8n78xhni57f5pgc5rc7l3sgnar95998gi06a1anf8gqnrrhn1"
+}:
+
+import (builtins.fetchTarball {
+  url = "https://github.com/${owner}/${repo}/archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
+  inherit sha256;
+}) {}
diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ /dev/null
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-Haskell Report README
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-These are the sources to the Haskell report, including all the source
-files you will need to generate either the PDF or the HTML version of
-the report.
-
-
-Tools you will need
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-PDF version: a decent LaTeX installation with pdflatex.  We use the
-following additional packages:
-
-  - times
-  - makeidx
-  - graphicx
-  - url
-  - color
-  - hyperref
-
-Also you need the following tools
-
-  - makeindex
-
-all of which are usually available with a good TeX distribution
-(e.g. TeX Live).
-
-The following are also required for building the tools:
-
-  - flex
-  - GHC
-
-The HTML version additionally requires
-
-  - tex4ht (e.g. install 'tex4ht' on a Debian or Ubuntu system, or 
-            'tetex-tex4ht' on a Fedora system)
-
-Building the report
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Firstly:
-
-        $ cd tools
-        $ make
-
-should build a few tools required for building the report itself.
-Then you should be able to say
-
-        $ cd report
-        $ make
-
-This will create:
-
-   - PDF version: report/haskell.pdf
-   
-   - HTML version: report/ht/haskell.html
-     (NB. requires report/ht/*.{html,png,css})
-
-
-Roadmap
-~~~~~~~
-
-SOURCE FILES
-
-    report/		The Language and Libraries Reports (now together
-			in a single document)
-    
-    tools/		Tools needed to build the Reports
-		    	(cd into here and type make)
-    
-    Makefile		Build a distribution of the Reports
-
-
-.verb files
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+Haskell Report
+==============
+
+These are the sources to the Haskell report, including all the source files you
+will need to generate either the PDF or the HTML version of the report.
+
+
+Building via Nix
+----------------
+
+To build using the [Nix](https://nixos.org/nix/) package manager, simply run
+`nix-build`. The PDF and HTML versions can then be found in the `result`
+subdirectory.
+
+Alternatively, you can invoke `nix-shell` to enter a shell with the environment
+needed to build the report. Once in the shell you can use `make` as normal.
+
+Building manually
+-----------------
+
+### Tools you will need
+
+PDF version: a decent LaTeX installation with pdflatex.  We use the following
+additional packages:
+
+  - times
+  - makeidx
+  - graphicx
+  - url
+  - color
+  - hyperref
+
+Also you need the following tools
+
+  - makeindex
+
+all of which are usually available with a good TeX distribution (e.g. TeX Live).
+
+The following are also required for building the tools:
+
+  - flex
+  - GHC
+
+The HTML version additionally requires
+
+  - tex4ht (e.g. install `tex4ht` on a Debian or Ubuntu system, or
+    `tetex-tex4ht` on a Fedora system)
+
+### Building
+
+Firstly:
+
+    $ cd tools
+    $ make
+
+should build a few tools required for building the report itself. Then you
+should be able to say
+
+    $ cd report
+    $ make
+
+This will create:
+
+   - PDF version: report/haskell.pdf
+
+   - HTML version: report/ht/haskell.html
+     (NB. requires report/ht/*.{html,png,css})
+
+
+Roadmap
+-------
+
+Source files
+
+  - `report/` The Language and Libraries Reports (now together in a single document)
+  - `tools/` Tools needed to build the Reports (cd into here and type make)
+  - `Makefile` Build a distribution of the Reports
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
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+++ b/default.nix
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+with (import ./.nix/nixpkgs.nix {});
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "haskell-report";
+  version = "2020";
+
+  src = ./.;
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    (texlive.combine {
+      inherit (texlive)
+        scheme-basic
+        tex4ht
+        tabulary
+        collection-fontsrecommended;
+    })
+    flex
+    ghc
+    perl528
+    ghostscript
+  ];
+
+  buildCommand = ''
+    cp -r ${src} haskell-report
+    chmod -R u+w haskell-report
+
+    cd haskell-report
+    export HOME=$TMPDIR
+
+    make
+
+    mkdir $out
+    cp report/haskell.pdf $out/haskell-report.pdf
+    cp -r report/ht $out/ht
+  '';
+}