diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/default.nix
index d87d388cd2e86..934f492c9454f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/default.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
 , perl
 , makeWrapper
 , nixosTests
+, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 let
-  rev = "e4675e38ab54942e351c7686e40fabec822120b9";
-  sha256 = "1wm24p6pkxl1d7hrvf4ph6mwzawvqi22c60z9xzndn5xfyr4v0yr";
+  rev = "77ffa33d83d2c7c6551c5e420e938e92d72fec24";
+  sha256 = "sha256-MJRdVO2pt7wjOu5Hk0eVeNbk5bK5+Uo/Gh9XfO4OlMY=";
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -23,6 +24,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     inherit rev sha256;
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Part of https://github.com/edolstra/nix-serve/pull/61
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/edolstra/nix-serve/commit/9e434fff4486afeb3cc3f631f6dc56492b204704.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-TxQ6q6UApTKsYIMdr/RyrkKSA3k47stV63bTbxchNTU=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
   dontBuild = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/nix-command.patch b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/nix-command.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5bf8eaac87117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/nix-command.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 9e434fff4486afeb3cc3f631f6dc56492b204704 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Thalheim?= <joerg@thalheim.io>
+Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 23:53:31 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] add extra-experimental-features for nix-command
+
+fixes https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/331230
+---
+ nix-serve.psgi | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/nix-serve.psgi b/nix-serve.psgi
+index 928fa3b..65a8680 100644
+--- a/nix-serve.psgi
++++ b/nix-serve.psgi
+@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ my $app = sub {
+         return [404, ['Content-Type' => 'text/plain'], ["Incorrect NAR hash. Maybe the path has been recreated.\n"]]
+             unless $narHash eq "sha256:$expectedNarHash";
+         my $fh = new IO::Handle;
+-        open $fh, "-|", "nix", "dump-path", "--", $storePath;
++        open $fh, "-|", "nix", "--extra-experimental-features", "nix-command", "dump-path", "--", $storePath;
+         return [200, ['Content-Type' => 'text/plain', 'Content-Length' => $narSize], $fh];
+     }
+ 
+@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ my $app = sub {
+         return [404, ['Content-Type' => 'text/plain'], ["No such path.\n"]] unless $storePath;
+         my ($deriver, $narHash, $time, $narSize, $refs) = $store->queryPathInfo($storePath, 1) or die;
+         my $fh = new IO::Handle;
+-        open $fh, "-|", "nix", "dump-path", "--", $storePath;
++        open $fh, "-|", "nix", "--extra-experimental-features", "nix-command", "dump-path", "--", $storePath;
+         return [200, ['Content-Type' => 'text/plain', 'Content-Length' => $narSize], $fh];
+     }
+ 
+     elsif ($path =~ /^\/log\/([0-9a-z]+-[0-9a-zA-Z\+\-\.\_\?\=]+)/) {
+         my $storePath = "$Nix::Config::storeDir/$1";
+         my $fh = new IO::Handle;
+-        open $fh, "-|", "nix", "log", $storePath;
++        open $fh, "-|", "nix", "--extra-experimental-features", "nix-command", "log", $storePath;
+         return [200, ['Content-Type' => 'text/plain' ], $fh];
+     }
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d5d3b291e597b..c874ee7429e3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -38002,9 +38002,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   nixpkgs-review = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nixpkgs-review { };
 
-  nix-serve = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nix-serve {
-    nix = nixVersions.nix_2_18;
-  };
+  nix-serve = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nix-serve { };
 
   nix-serve-ng = haskell.lib.compose.justStaticExecutables haskellPackages.nix-serve-ng;