diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/build.nix b/maintainers/scripts/build.nix
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+{ maintainer }:
+
+# based on update.nix
+# nix-build build.nix --argstr maintainer <yourname>
+
+let
+  pkgs = import ./../../default.nix {};
+  maintainer_ = pkgs.lib.maintainers.${maintainer};
+  packagesWith = cond: return: set:
+    (pkgs.lib.flatten
+      (pkgs.lib.mapAttrsToList
+        (name: pkg:
+          let
+            result = builtins.tryEval
+              (
+                if pkgs.lib.isDerivation pkg && cond name pkg
+                then [ (return name pkg) ]
+                else if pkg.recurseForDerivations or false || pkg.recurseForRelease or false
+                then packagesWith cond return pkg
+                else [ ]
+              );
+          in
+          if result.success then result.value
+          else [ ]
+        )
+        set
+      )
+    );
+in
+packagesWith
+  (name: pkg:
+    (
+      if builtins.hasAttr "maintainers" pkg.meta
+      then (
+        if builtins.isList pkg.meta.maintainers
+        then builtins.elem maintainer_ pkg.meta.maintainers
+        else maintainer_ == pkg.meta.maintainers
+      )
+      else false
+    )
+  )
+  (name: pkg: pkg)
+  pkgs