diff --git a/cmd/nix-tool/main.go b/cmd/nix-tool/main.go
index 0c7b2a5..dc8cc1c 100644
--- a/cmd/nix-tool/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nix-tool/main.go
@@ -39,7 +39,14 @@ func main() {
 		var extraArgs []string
 		flagStore = strings.TrimSpace(flagStore)
 		if flagStore != string(os.PathSeparator) {
-			extraArgs = append(extraArgs, "--store", flagStore)
+			extraArgs = append(extraArgs,
+				"--store", flagStore,
+				// do not use any binary cache
+				nix.FlagOption, nix.OptionBuildUseSubstitutes, nix.ValueFalse,
+				nix.FlagOption, nix.OptionSubstituters, "",
+				nix.FlagOption, nix.OptionTrustedSubstituters, "",
+				nix.FlagOption, nix.OptionTrustedPublicKeys, "",
+			)
 		}
 
 		var stderr io.Writer
diff --git a/format.go b/format.go
index b4aa208..a821dff 100644
--- a/format.go
+++ b/format.go
@@ -91,6 +91,17 @@ const (
 	// Certain commands won’t have to evaluate when invoked for the second time with a particular version of a flake.
 	// Intermediate results are not cached.
 	OptionEvalCache = "eval-cache"
+	// OptionBuildUseSubstitutes if set to true (default), Nix will use binary substitutes if available.
+	// This option can be disabled to force building from source.
+	OptionBuildUseSubstitutes = "build-use-substitutes"
+	// OptionSubstituters a list of URLs of Nix stores to be used as substituters, separated by whitespace.
+	// A substituter is an additional store from which Nix can obtain store objects instead of building them.
+	OptionSubstituters = "substituters"
+	// OptionTrustedSubstituters a list of Nix store URLs, separated by whitespace.
+	//These are not used by default, but users of the Nix daemon can enable them by specifying substituters.
+	OptionTrustedSubstituters = "trusted-substituters"
+	// OptionTrustedPublicKeys a whitespace-separated list of public keys.
+	OptionTrustedPublicKeys = "trusted-public-keys"
 
 	ValueTrue  = "true"
 	ValueFalse = "false"