1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm b/gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm
index 255141ae87a..c78aaa33d05 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@
             %bootstrap-glibc
             %bootstrap-inputs
             %bootstrap-mescc-tools
-            %bootstrap-mes))
+            %bootstrap-mes
+
+            %bootstrap-inputs-for-tests))
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;;;
@@ -809,4 +811,14 @@ exec ~a/bin/.gcc-wrapped -B~a/lib \
     ;; In gnu-build-system.scm, we rely on the availability of Bash.
     ("bash" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)))
 
+(define %bootstrap-inputs-for-tests
+  ;; These are bootstrap inputs that are cheap to produce (no compilation
+  ;; needed) and that are meant to be used for testing.  (These are those we
+  ;; used before the Mes-based reduced bootstrap.)
+  `(("libc" ,%bootstrap-glibc)
+    ("gcc" ,%bootstrap-gcc)
+    ("binutils" ,%bootstrap-binutils)
+    ("coreutils&co" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
+    ("bash" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)))
+
 ;;; bootstrap.scm ends here