diff --git a/src/libexpr/Makefile.am b/src/libexpr/Makefile.am
index 0186f16d9c..9af7404bcb 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libexpr/Makefile.am
@@ -33,3 +33,11 @@ nixexpr.cc nixexpr.hh: nixexpr-ast.hh
 
 
 CLEANFILES =
+
+
+# SDF stuff (not built by default).
+nix.tbl: nix.sdf
+	sdf2table -m Nix -s -i nix.sdf -o nix.tbl
+
+test.ast: test.nix nix.tbl
+	sglri -p nix.tbl -i test.nix -o test.ast
diff --git a/src/libexpr/nix.sdf b/src/libexpr/nix.sdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a123829e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libexpr/nix.sdf
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+definition
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%% Top level syntax.
+
+module Nix
+imports Nix-Exprs Nix-Layout
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%% Expressions.
+
+module Nix-Exprs
+imports Nix-Lexicals
+exports
+  sorts Expr Formal Bind Binds ExprList
+  context-free start-symbols Expr
+  context-free syntax
+
+    Id -> Expr {cons("Var")}
+    Int -> Expr {cons("Int")}
+    Str -> Expr {cons("Str")}
+    Uri -> Expr {cons("Uri")}
+    Path -> Expr {cons("Path")}
+
+    "(" Expr ")" -> Expr {bracket}
+
+    Expr Expr -> Expr {cons("Call"), left}
+
+    Id ":" Expr -> Expr {cons("Function1")}
+    "{" {Formal ","}* "}" ":" Expr -> Expr {cons("Function")}
+    Id -> Formal {cons("NoDefFormal")}
+    Id "?" Expr -> Formal {cons("DefFormal")}
+
+    "assert" Expr ";" Expr -> Expr {cons("Assert")}
+
+    "with" Expr ";" Expr -> Expr {cons("With")}
+
+    "rec" "{" Binds "}" -> Expr {cons("Rec")}
+    "let" "{" Binds "}" -> Expr {cons("LetRec")}
+    "{" Binds "}" -> Expr {cons("Attrs")}
+
+    Bind* -> Binds
+    Id "=" Expr ";" -> Bind {cons("Bind")}
+    "inherit" ("(" Expr ")")? Id* ";" -> Bind {cons("Inherit")}
+
+    "[" ExprList "]" -> Expr {cons("List")}
+    "" -> ExprList {cons("ExprNil")}
+    Expr ExprList -> ExprList {cons("ExprCons")}
+
+    Expr "." Id -> Expr {cons("Select")}
+
+    "if" Expr "then" Expr "else" Expr -> Expr {cons("If")}
+
+    Expr "==" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpEq"), non-assoc}
+    Expr "!=" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpNEq"), non-assoc}
+
+    "!" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpNot")}
+    Expr "&&" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpAnd"), right}
+    Expr "||" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpOr"), right}
+    Expr "->" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpImpl"), right}
+
+    Expr "//" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpUpdate"), right}
+    Expr "~" Expr -> Expr {cons("SubPath"), non-assoc}
+    Expr "?" Id -> Expr {cons("OpHasAttr")}
+    Expr "+" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpPlus"), left}
+
+  context-free priorities
+
+    Expr "." Id -> Expr
+  > Expr ExprList -> ExprList
+  > Expr Expr -> Expr
+  > Expr "~" Expr -> Expr
+  > Expr "?" Id -> Expr
+  > Expr "+" Expr -> Expr
+  > "!" Expr -> Expr
+  > Expr "//" Expr -> Expr
+  > Expr "==" Expr -> Expr
+  > Expr "!=" Expr -> Expr
+  > Expr "&&" Expr -> Expr
+  > Expr "||" Expr -> Expr
+  > Expr "->" Expr -> Expr
+  > "assert" Expr ";" Expr -> Expr
+  > "with" Expr ";" Expr -> Expr
+  > Id ":" Expr -> Expr
+  > "{" {Formal ","}* "}" ":" Expr -> Expr
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%% Lexical syntax.
+
+module Nix-Lexicals
+exports
+  sorts Id Int Str Path PathComp Uri
+  lexical syntax
+    [a-zA-Z\_][a-zA-Z0-9\_\']* -> Id
+    "rec" -> Id {reject}
+    "let" -> Id {reject}
+    "if" -> Id {reject}
+    "then" -> Id {reject}
+    "else" -> Id {reject}
+    "assert" -> Id {reject}
+    "inherit" -> Id {reject}
+
+    [0-9]+ -> Int
+
+    "\"" ~[\n\"]* "\"" -> Str
+
+    "." ("/" PathComp)+ -> Path
+    ".." ("/" PathComp)+ -> Path
+    ("/" PathComp)+ -> Path
+    [a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]+ -> PathComp
+
+    [a-zA-Z] [a-zA-Z0-9\+\-\.]* ":" [a-zA-Z0-9\%\/\?\:\@\&\=\+\$\,\-\_\.\!\~\*\']* -> Uri
+
+  lexical restrictions
+    Id -/- [a-zA-Z0-9\_\']
+    Int -/- [0-9]
+    Path -/- [a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+\/]
+    Uri -/- [a-zA-Z0-9\%\/\?\:\@\&\=\+\$\,\-\_\.\!\~\*\']
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%% Layout.
+
+module Nix-Layout
+exports
+  sorts HashComment Asterisk Comment
+  lexical syntax
+    [\ \t\n] -> LAYOUT
+    HashComment -> LAYOUT
+    Comment -> LAYOUT
+    "#" ~[\n]* -> HashComment
+    "/*" ( ~[\*] | Asterisk )* "*/" -> Comment
+    [\*] -> Asterisk
+  lexical restrictions
+    Asterisk -/- [\/]
+    HashComment -/- ~[\n]
+  context-free restrictions
+    LAYOUT? -/- [\ \t\n]