diff --git a/meta.nix b/meta.nix
index 20c1e37f..23e06295 100644
--- a/meta.nix
+++ b/meta.nix
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@
   nixfiles = tree.impure;
 
   eval = let
+    inherit (config.network.nixos) builder;
+    mapNixosNodes = lib.mapAttrs (name: args: builder ({
+      inherit name;
+    } // args));
     nixosNodes = [
       {
-        network.nodes = {
+        network.nodes = mapNixosNodes {
           tewi = {
             imports = [
               ./systems/tewi/nixos.nix
diff --git a/modules/meta/network.nix b/modules/meta/network.nix
index 2887c234..bdb3e01c 100644
--- a/modules/meta/network.nix
+++ b/modules/meta/network.nix
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
   meta,
   config,
   ...
-}:
+}@metaArgs: let
 /*
   This module:
 * Makes hosts nixosModules.
 * Manages module imports and specialArgs.
 * Builds network.nodes.
 */
-with lib; {
+  enableNixosBuilder = false;
+in with lib; {
   options.network = {
     nixos = {
       extraModules = mkOption {
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ with lib; {
         type = types.path;
         default = toString (pkgs.path + "/nixos/modules");
       };
+      builder = mkOption {
+        type = types.unspecified;
+      };
     };
     nodes = let
       nixosModule = {
@@ -79,7 +83,9 @@ with lib; {
         };
     in
       mkOption {
-        type = types.attrsOf nixosType;
+        type = types.lazyAttrsOf (
+          if enableNixosBuilder then types.unspecified else nixosType
+        );
         default = {};
       };
   };
@@ -92,6 +98,35 @@ with lib; {
         inherit (config.network) nodes;
         inherit inputs meta pkgs;
       };
+      builder = mkOptionDefault ({
+        pkgs ? metaArgs.pkgs,
+        system ? pkgs.system,
+        lib ? if args ? pkgs then pkgs.lib else metaArgs.lib,
+        nixosSystem ? import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix"),
+        baseModules ? import (modulesPath + "/module-list.nix"),
+        modulesPath ? toString (pkgs.path + "/nixos/modules"),
+        specialArgs ? config.network.nixos.specialArgs,
+        extraModules ? config.network.nixos.extraModules,
+        imports ? [ ],
+        name,
+        ...
+      }@args: let
+        args' = builtins.removeAttrs args [
+          "extraModules" "specialArgs" "modulesPath" "baseModules" "lib" "pkgs" "system" "imports" "name"
+        ];
+        c = nixosSystem ({
+          inherit lib baseModules extraModules pkgs system;
+          modules = imports;
+          specialArgs =
+            {
+              inherit baseModules name;
+              inherit (config.network.nixos) modulesPath;
+            }
+            // config.network.nixos.specialArgs;
+        } // args');
+      in if enableNixosBuilder then c.config else {
+        inherit imports;
+      });
     };
   };
 }