diff --git a/src/libstore/derivations.cc b/src/libstore/derivations.cc
index 9f529c753..564c12f9e 100644
--- a/src/libstore/derivations.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/derivations.cc
@@ -1005,6 +1005,8 @@ DerivationOutput DerivationOutput::fromJSON(
         // remaining to parse, will be mutated by parsers
         std::string_view s = hashAlgo;
         ContentAddressMethod method = ContentAddressMethod::parsePrefix(s);
+        if (method == TextIngestionMethod {})
+            xpSettings.require(Xp::DynamicDerivations);
         auto hashType = parseHashType(s);
         return { std::move(method), std::move(hashType) };
     };
diff --git a/src/libstore/tests/derivation.cc b/src/libstore/tests/derivation.cc
index 48524a710..85e451b29 100644
--- a/src/libstore/tests/derivation.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/tests/derivation.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ class CaDerivationTest : public DerivationTest
     }
 };
 
+class DynDerivationTest : public DerivationTest
+{
+    void SetUp() override
+    {
+        mockXpSettings.set("experimental-features", "dynamic-derivations ca-derivations");
+    }
+};
+
 class ImpureDerivationTest : public DerivationTest
 {
     void SetUp() override
@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@ TEST_JSON(DerivationTest, caFixed,
     }),
     "drv-name", "output-name")
 
-TEST_JSON(CaDerivationTest, caFixedText,
+TEST_JSON(DynDerivationTest, caFixedText,
     R"({
         "hashAlgo": "text:sha256",
         "hash": "894517c9163c896ec31a2adbd33c0681fd5f45b2c0ef08a64c92a03fb97f390f",