diff --git a/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc b/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
index 2f1f338c1..665840856 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "namespaces.hh"
 #include "child.hh"
 #include "unix-domain-socket.hh"
+#include "mount.hh"
 
 #include <regex>
 #include <queue>
@@ -386,39 +387,6 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::cleanupPostOutputsRegisteredModeNonCheck()
     cleanupPostOutputsRegisteredModeCheck();
 }
 
-#if __linux__
-static void doBind(const Path & source, const Path & target, bool optional = false) {
-    debug("bind mounting '%1%' to '%2%'", source, target);
-
-    auto bindMount = [&]() {
-        if (mount(source.c_str(), target.c_str(), "", MS_BIND | MS_REC, 0) == -1)
-            throw SysError("bind mount from '%1%' to '%2%' failed", source, target);
-    };
-
-    auto maybeSt = maybeLstat(source);
-    if (!maybeSt) {
-        if (optional)
-            return;
-        else
-            throw SysError("getting attributes of path '%1%'", source);
-    }
-    auto st = *maybeSt;
-
-    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-        createDirs(target);
-        bindMount();
-    } else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
-        // Symlinks can (apparently) not be bind-mounted, so just copy it
-        createDirs(dirOf(target));
-        copyFile(source, target, {});
-    } else {
-        createDirs(dirOf(target));
-        writeFile(target, "");
-        bindMount();
-    }
-};
-#endif
-
 void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
 {
     if ((buildUser && buildUser->getUIDCount() != 1)
@@ -1321,7 +1289,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::addDependency(const StorePath & path)
             Path target = chrootRootDir + worker.store.printStorePath(path);
 
             if (pathExists(target)) {
-                // There is a similar debug message in doBind, so only run it in this block to not have double messages.
+                // There is a similar debug message in bindPath, so only run it in this block to not have double messages.
                 debug("bind-mounting %s -> %s", target, source);
                 throw Error("store path '%s' already exists in the sandbox", worker.store.printStorePath(path));
             }
@@ -1338,7 +1306,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::addDependency(const StorePath & path)
                 if (setns(sandboxMountNamespace.get(), 0) == -1)
                     throw SysError("entering sandbox mount namespace");
 
-                doBind(source, target);
+                bindPath(source, target);
 
                 _exit(0);
             });
@@ -2117,7 +2085,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
                     chmodPath(dst, 0555);
                 } else
                 #endif
-                    doBind(i.second.source, chrootRootDir + i.first, i.second.optional);
+                    bindPath(i.second.source, chrootRootDir + i.first, i.second.optional);
             }
 
             /* Bind a new instance of procfs on /proc. */
@@ -2156,8 +2124,8 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
                 } else {
                     if (errno != EINVAL)
                         throw SysError("mounting /dev/pts");
-                    doBind("/dev/pts", chrootRootDir + "/dev/pts");
-                    doBind("/dev/ptmx", chrootRootDir + "/dev/ptmx");
+                    bindPath("/dev/pts", chrootRootDir + "/dev/pts");
+                    bindPath("/dev/ptmx", chrootRootDir + "/dev/ptmx");
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/meson.build b/src/libutil/meson.build
index c860e7e00..731521bbb 100644
--- a/src/libutil/meson.build
+++ b/src/libutil/meson.build
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ libutil_sources = files(
   'hilite.cc',
   'json-utils.cc',
   'logging.cc',
+  'mount.cc',
   'namespaces.cc',
   'position.cc',
   'print-elided.cc',
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ libutil_headers = files(
   'logging-json.hh',
   'lru-cache.hh',
   'monitor-fd.hh',
+  'mount.hh',
   'namespaces.hh',
   'pool.hh',
   'position.hh',
diff --git a/src/libutil/mount.cc b/src/libutil/mount.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..025ced5b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/mount.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#include "mount.hh"
+#include "error.hh"
+#include "file-system.hh"
+#include "logging.hh"
+#if __linux__
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+
+namespace nix {
+
+void bindPath(const Path & source, const Path & target, bool optional) {
+    debug("bind mounting '%1%' to '%2%'", source, target);
+
+    auto bindMount = [&]() {
+        if (mount(source.c_str(), target.c_str(), "", MS_BIND | MS_REC, 0) == -1)
+            throw SysError("bind mount from '%1%' to '%2%' failed", source, target);
+    };
+
+    auto maybeSt = maybeLstat(source);
+    if (!maybeSt) {
+        if (optional)
+            return;
+        else
+            throw SysError("getting attributes of path '%1%'", source);
+    }
+    auto st = *maybeSt;
+
+    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        createDirs(target);
+        bindMount();
+    } else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
+        // Symlinks can (apparently) not be bind-mounted, so just copy it
+        createDirs(dirOf(target));
+        copyFile(source, target, {});
+    } else {
+        createDirs(dirOf(target));
+        writeFile(target, "");
+        bindMount();
+    }
+}
+
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/libutil/mount.hh b/src/libutil/mount.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59e2218be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/mount.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#pragma once
+///@file
+
+#include "types.hh"
+
+#if __linux__
+namespace nix {
+
+/**
+ * Bind-mount file or directory from `source` to `destination`.
+ * If source does not exist this will fail unless `optional` is set
+ */
+void bindPath(const Path & source, const Path & target, bool optional = false);
+
+}
+#endif