diff --git a/src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc b/src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc
index 83da657f0..41d2e2a1c 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::gaveUpOnSubstitution()
         for (auto & i : dynamic_cast<Derivation *>(drv.get())->inputDrvs) {
             /* Ensure that pure, non-fixed-output derivations don't
                depend on impure derivations. */
-            if (drv->type().isPure() && !drv->type().isFixed()) {
+            if (settings.isExperimentalFeatureEnabled(Xp::ImpureDerivations) && drv->type().isPure() && !drv->type().isFixed()) {
                 auto inputDrv = worker.evalStore.readDerivation(i.first);
                 if (!inputDrv.type().isPure())
                     throw Error("pure derivation '%s' depends on impure derivation '%s'",