diff --git a/pkg/traverse/nix.go b/pkg/traverse/nix.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c3b53288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/traverse/nix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package traverse
+
+import "path/filepath"
+
+// NixProfile returns the location of the ~/.nix-profile folder.
+func NixProfile(tc Context) (string, error) {
+	home, err := UserHomeDir(tc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Join(home, ".nix-profile")), nil
+}