diff --git a/src/nix/repl.cc b/src/nix/repl.cc
index 0275feae7..bf3b2c401 100644
--- a/src/nix/repl.cc
+++ b/src/nix/repl.cc
@@ -107,11 +107,8 @@ NixRepl::~NixRepl()
 string runNix(Path program, const Strings & args,
     const std::optional<std::string> & input = {})
 {
-    auto experimentalFeatures = concatStringsSep(" ", settings.experimentalFeatures.get());
-    auto nixConf = getEnv("NIX_CONFIG").value_or("");
-    nixConf.append("\nexperimental-features = " + experimentalFeatures);
     auto subprocessEnv = getEnv();
-    subprocessEnv["NIX_CONFIG"] = nixConf;
+    subprocessEnv["NIX_CONFIG"] = globalConfig.toKeyValue();
     RunOptions opts(settings.nixBinDir+ "/" + program, args);
     opts.input = input;
     opts.environment = subprocessEnv;
diff --git a/tests/local.mk b/tests/local.mk
index cbdf4efdb..ce9725543 100644
--- a/tests/local.mk
+++ b/tests/local.mk
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ nix_tests = \
   flakes.sh \
   build.sh \
   compute-levels.sh \
+  repl.sh \
   ca/build.sh \
   ca/build-with-garbage-path.sh \
   ca/duplicate-realisation-in-closure.sh \
diff --git a/tests/repl.sh b/tests/repl.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e3059517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/repl.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+source common.sh
+
+replCmds="
+simple = import ./simple.nix
+:b simple
+"
+
+testRepl () {
+    local nixArgs=("$@")
+    local outPath=$(nix repl "${nixArgs[@]}" <<< "$replCmds" |&
+        grep -o -E "$NIX_STORE_DIR/\w*-simple")
+    nix path-info "${nixArgs[@]}" "$outPath"
+}
+
+# Simple test, try building a drv
+testRepl
+# Same thing (kind-of), but with a remote store.
+testRepl --store "$TEST_ROOT/store?real=$NIX_STORE_DIR"