diff --git a/resources/3rdparty/nix-scripts/README b/resources/3rdparty/nix-scripts/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4211378e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/3rdparty/nix-scripts/README
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+This directory contains a nixpkgs overlay that defines the necessary build
+scripts to build storm and its dependencies.
+
+To use it, do one of the following:
+ 1. Link ./default.nix to ~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/<some-name>
+ 2. Add its full path to the environment variable NIX_PATH, i.e.:
+    NIX_PATH=${NIX_PATH}:nixpkgs-overlays=$PWD/default.nix
+
+See also https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#chap-overlays for further
+information.
+
+To build storm from the current branch call:
+   nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A stormChecker
+
+The attribute stormChecker builds storm with minimal options, stormCheckerFull
+activates all bells and whistles. See ./default.nix to change build options like
+LTO support, Z3 and others.
+
+See ./storm/default.nix on how to specify a specific Git commit to build storm
+from.
diff --git a/resources/3rdparty/nix-scripts/default.nix b/resources/3rdparty/nix-scripts/default.nix
index 9d4aae3cb..2067b839a 100644
--- a/resources/3rdparty/nix-scripts/default.nix
+++ b/resources/3rdparty/nix-scripts/default.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# This file defines a nixpkgs overlay. To use it, do one of the following:
+# 1. Link this file to ~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/<some-name>
+# 2. Add the full path to the environment variable NIX_PATH, i.e.:
+#    NIX_PATH=${NIX_PATH}:nixpkgs-overlays=$PWD/default.nix
+# See also https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#chap-overlays
+#
+# To build storm from the current branch call either of:
+# nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A stormChecker
+# nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A stormCheckerFull
+
 self: super:
 with self;
 with self.lib;
@@ -6,6 +16,7 @@ let
   _self = {
     z3 = callPackage ./z3 { };
     stormChecker = callPackage ./storm-checker { ltoSupport = false; tbbSupport = false; mathsatSupport = false; z3Support = false; };
+    stormCheckerFull = callPackage ./storm-checker { ltoSupport = true; tbbSupport = true; mathsatSupport = true; z3Support = true; };
     carl = callPackage ./carl { };
     googletest = callPackage ./googletest { };
     l3pp = callPackage ./l3pp { };
diff --git a/resources/3rdparty/nix-scripts/storm-checker/default.nix b/resources/3rdparty/nix-scripts/storm-checker/default.nix
index 306b3e1d7..a83f53cde 100644
--- a/resources/3rdparty/nix-scripts/storm-checker/default.nix
+++ b/resources/3rdparty/nix-scripts/storm-checker/default.nix
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ set(l3pp_INCLUDE "${l3pp}/include/")
 in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "storm-git";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "moves-rwth";
-    repo = "storm";
-    rev = "8332abab58f0c672561f5bbebd585a159852d8cc";
-    sha256 = "02ixywhfkxr8xlcizqbysb1yinsjzl6rc0cjlsg8dz8w2r3m6qix";
-  };
+  src = ../../../../.;
+  # Exchange with expression below to build a specific github revision:
+  # src = fetchFromGitHub {
+  #   owner = "moves-rwth";
+  #   repo = "storm";
+  #   rev = "8332abab58f0c672561f5bbebd585a159852d8cc";
+  #   sha256 = "02ixywhfkxr8xlcizqbysb1yinsjzl6rc0cjlsg8dz8w2r3m6qix";
+  # };
 
   buildInputs = [ boost carl cln doxygen gmp ginac glpk hwloc l3pp xercesc ]
     ++ optional tbbSupport tbb