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diff --git a/guix/profiles.scm b/guix/profiles.scm
index 8acfcff8c1..669ebe04e5 100644
--- a/guix/profiles.scm
+++ b/guix/profiles.scm
@@ -314,12 +314,31 @@ file name."
"Return a list of manifest entries, one for each item listed in PACKAGES.
Elements of PACKAGES can be either package objects or package/string tuples
denoting a specific output of a package."
+ (define inferiors-loaded?
+ ;; This hack allows us to provide seamless integration for inferior
+ ;; packages while not having a hard dependency on (guix inferior).
+ (resolve-module '(guix inferior) #f #f #:ensure #f))
+
+ (define (inferior->entry)
+ (module-ref (resolve-interface '(guix inferior))
+ 'inferior-package->manifest-entry))
+
(manifest
(map (match-lambda
- ((package output)
- (package->manifest-entry package output))
- ((? package? package)
- (package->manifest-entry package)))
+ ((package output)
+ (package->manifest-entry package output))
+ ((? package? package)
+ (package->manifest-entry package))
+ ((thing output)
+ (if inferiors-loaded?
+ ((inferior->entry) thing output)
+ (throw 'wrong-type-arg 'packages->manifest
+ "Wrong package object: ~S" (list thing) (list thing))))
+ (thing
+ (if inferiors-loaded?
+ ((inferior->entry) thing)
+ (throw 'wrong-type-arg 'packages->manifest
+ "Wrong package object: ~S" (list thing) (list thing)))))
packages)))
(define (manifest->gexp manifest)