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diff --git a/guix/ssh.scm b/guix/ssh.scm
index 9b5ca68894..90311127a1 100644
--- a/guix/ssh.scm
+++ b/guix/ssh.scm
@@ -98,16 +98,27 @@ specifies; otherwise use them. Throw an error on failure."
(message (format #f (G_ "SSH connection to '~a' failed: ~a~%")
host (get-error session))))))))))
-(define (remote-inferior session)
- "Return a remote inferior for the given SESSION."
- (let ((pipe (open-remote-pipe* session OPEN_BOTH
- "guix" "repl" "-t" "machine")))
+(define* (remote-inferior session #:optional become-command)
+ "Return a remote inferior for the given SESSION. If BECOME-COMMAND is
+given, use that to invoke the remote Guile REPL."
+ (let* ((repl-command (append (or become-command '())
+ '("guix" "repl" "-t" "machine")))
+ (pipe (apply open-remote-pipe* session OPEN_BOTH repl-command)))
+ ;; XXX: 'channel-get-exit-status' would be better here, but hangs if the
+ ;; process does succeed. This doesn't reflect the documentation, so it's
+ ;; possible that it's a bug in guile-ssh.
+ (when (eof-object? (peek-char pipe))
+ (raise (condition
+ (&message
+ (message (format #f (G_ "failed to run '~{~a~^ ~}'")
+ repl-command))))))
(port->inferior pipe)))
-(define (inferior-remote-eval exp session)
+(define* (inferior-remote-eval exp session #:optional become-command)
"Evaluate EXP in a new inferior running in SESSION, and close the inferior
-right away."
- (let ((inferior (remote-inferior session)))
+right away. If BECOME-COMMAND is given, use that to invoke the remote Guile
+REPL."
+ (let ((inferior (remote-inferior session become-command)))
(dynamic-wind
(const #t)
(lambda ()