diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 933f95f6..3c2a5695 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ let
             xo-stringtable2   = self.callPackage pkgs/xo-stringtable2.nix   { stdenv = jitStdenv; };
             xo-gc             = self.callPackage pkgs/xo-gc.nix             { stdenv = jitStdenv; buildDocs = true; };
             xo-object         = self.callPackage pkgs/xo-object.nix         { stdenv = jitStdenv; };
+            xo-type           = self.callPackage pkgs/xo-type.nix           { stdenv = jitStdenv; };
             xo-object2        = self.callPackage pkgs/xo-object2.nix        { stdenv = jitStdenv; };
 
             xo-procedure2     = self.callPackage pkgs/xo-procedure2.nix     { stdenv = jitStdenv; };
@@ -519,6 +520,7 @@ in
     stringtable2   = pkgs.xo-stringtable2;
     gc             = pkgs.xo-gc;
     object         = pkgs.xo-object;
+    type           = pkgs.xo-type;
     object2        = pkgs.xo-object2;
     procedure2     = pkgs.xo-procedure2;
     numeric        = pkgs.xo-numeric;
diff --git a/pkgs/xo-type.nix b/pkgs/xo-type.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8979b078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/xo-type.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  # nixpkgs dependencies
+  lib, stdenv, cmake, catch2,
+
+  # xo dependencies
+#  xo-reflectutil,
+#  xo-alloc,
+  #  xo-randomgen,
+#  xo-gc,
+#  xo-stringtable2,
+  xo-alloc2,
+#  xo-printable2,
+  xo-facet,
+  xo-subsys,
+  xo-cmake,
+  doCheck ? true,
+} :
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalattrs:
+  {
+    name = "xo-type";
+
+    src = ../xo-type;
+
+    cmakeFlags = ["-DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=${xo-cmake}/share/cmake"]
+                 ++ lib.optionals doCheck ["-DENABLE_TESTING=1"];
+
+    inherit doCheck;
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      cmake catch2
+      xo-cmake
+    ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [
+#      xo-gc
+#      xo-reflect
+      xo-alloc2
+#      xo-stringtable2
+#      xo-printable2
+      xo-subsys
+      xo-facet
+    ];
+  })
diff --git a/xo-type/cmake/xo_typeConfig.cmake.in b/xo-type/cmake/xo_typeConfig.cmake.in
index 2c4c0d1d..186f1817 100644
--- a/xo-type/cmake/xo_typeConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/xo-type/cmake/xo_typeConfig.cmake.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 find_dependency(xo_alloc2)
 find_dependency(xo_facet)
+find_dependency(subsys)
 
 # note: changes to find_dependency() calls here
 #       must coordinate with xo_dependency() calls
diff --git a/xo-type/src/type/CMakeLists.txt b/xo-type/src/type/CMakeLists.txt
index 36f88958..806e67a9 100644
--- a/xo-type/src/type/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/xo-type/src/type/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ xo_add_shared_library4(${SELF_LIB} ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets ${PROJECT_VERSION} 1 $
 
 xo_dependency(${SELF_LIB} xo_alloc2)
 xo_dependency(${SELF_LIB} xo_facet)
+xo_dependency(${SELF_LIB} subsys)
 
 # end src/type/CMakeLists.txt