diff --git a/lib/systems/default.nix b/lib/systems/default.nix
index 40a2c88f32b8f..da1fa808a6f9d 100644
--- a/lib/systems/default.nix
+++ b/lib/systems/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ rec {
   platforms = import ./platforms.nix { inherit lib; };
   examples = import ./examples.nix { inherit lib; };
   architectures = import ./architectures.nix { inherit lib; };
+  supported = import ./supported.nix { inherit lib; };
 
   /*
     Elaborated systems contain functions, which means that they don't satisfy
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ rec {
 
      **Warning**: This attribute is considered experimental and is subject to change.
   */
-  flakeExposed = import ./flake-systems.nix { };
+  flakeExposed = import ./flake-systems.nix { inherit lib; };
 
   # Elaborate a `localSystem` or `crossSystem` so that it contains everything
   # necessary.
diff --git a/lib/systems/flake-systems.nix b/lib/systems/flake-systems.nix
index b1988c6a4fbb0..ab1481fb6bd03 100644
--- a/lib/systems/flake-systems.nix
+++ b/lib/systems/flake-systems.nix
@@ -4,26 +4,32 @@
 # reasonably well are included.
 #
 # [RFC 46]: https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0046-platform-support-tiers.md
-{ }:
+{ lib }:
 
-[
-  # Tier 1
-  "x86_64-linux"
-  # Tier 2
-  "aarch64-linux"
-  "x86_64-darwin"
-  # Tier 3
-  "armv6l-linux"
-  "armv7l-linux"
-  "i686-linux"
-  "mipsel-linux"
+let
+  inherit (builtins) filter;
+  inherit (lib.lists) any;
+  inherit (lib.systems) elaborate;
+  inherit (lib.systems.supported) Tier1 Tier2 Tier3 Tier7;
 
-  # Other platforms with sufficient support in stdenv which is not formally
-  # mandated by their platform tier.
-  "aarch64-darwin"
-  "armv5tel-linux"
-  "powerpc64le-linux"
-  "riscv64-linux"
-
-  # "x86_64-freebsd" is excluded because it is mostly broken
-]
+  anyOf = includes: filter (s: any (include: s == include) includes);
+  getDoubles = map (s: (elaborate s).system);
+in
+getDoubles
+  (  Tier1
+  ++ Tier2
+  )
+++ anyOf [ "armv6l-linux"
+           "armv7l-linux"
+           "i686-linux"
+           "mipsel-linux"
+         ]
+         (getDoubles Tier3)
+# Other platforms with sufficient support in stdenv which is not formally
+# mandated by their platform tier.
+++ anyOf [ "aarch64-darwin"
+           "armv5tel-linux"
+           "powerpc64-linux"
+           "riscv64-linux"
+         ]
+         (getDoubles Tier7)
diff --git a/lib/systems/supported.nix b/lib/systems/supported.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8ab907a6350bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/systems/supported.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# RFC #46 specified the authoritative source of platform support tiers would be
+# the Nixpkgs manual. Brief discussion in
+# [NixOS/rfcs#113](https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/113) indicated that code
+# is often a better source of truth than documentation. This file is intented
+# to be exactly that.
+
+{ lib }:
+
+let inherit (lib.systems.examples)
+      aarch64-android
+      aarch64-darwin
+      aarch64-embedded
+      aarch64-multiplatform
+      arm-embedded
+      armv7a-android-prebuilt
+      armv7l-hf-multiplatform
+      avr
+      gnu32
+      gnu64
+      i686-embedded
+      mingw32
+      mingwW64
+      mipsel-linux-gnu
+      musl64
+      powernv
+      ppc-embedded
+      ppc64
+      ppcle-embedded
+      raspberryPi
+      riscv64
+      sheevaplug
+      wasm32
+      x86_64-darwin
+      x86_64-embedded
+      x86_64-freebsd;
+in {
+  tier1 = [ gnu64 ];
+
+  tier2 = [ aarch64-multiplatform x86_64-darwin ];
+
+  # Missing:
+  # armv8*-linux, gcc + glibc
+  # armv{6,7,8}*-linux, gcc + glibc, cross-compilation
+  # aarch64-linux, gcc + glibc, cross-compilation
+  tier3 = [ armv7l-hf-multiplatform gnu32 mipsel-linux-gnu musl64 raspberryPi ];
+
+  # Missing:
+  # x86_64-linux, gcc+musl — static
+  # x86_64-linux, clang+glibc
+  # x86_64-linux, clang+glibc — llvm linker
+  # x86_64-linux — Android
+  # armv8-linux — Android
+  tier4 = [
+    aarch64-android
+    aarch64-embedded
+    arm-embedded
+    armv7a-android-prebuilt # Questionable due to the prebuiltness
+    avr
+    i686-embedded # i686-none?
+    mingw32
+    mingwW64
+    ppc-embedded
+    ppcle-embedded
+    x86_64-embedded # x86_64-none?
+  ];
+
+  # Missing:
+  # x86_64-linux, gcc+glibc — static
+  # x86_64-linux, gcc+glibc — llvm linker
+  tier5 = [];
+
+  tier6 = [ powernv wasm32 ];
+
+  # Missing:
+  # i686-darwin
+  # i686-solaris
+  # x86_64-illumos
+  tier7 = [ aarch64-darwin sheevaplug ppc64 riscv64 x86_64-freebsd ];
+}