diff --git a/nix/shell.sh b/nix/shell.sh
index 02a5d8d660..b3895338cc 100755
--- a/nix/shell.sh
+++ b/nix/shell.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #     This allows for drilling down into a specific attribute in Nix expressions.
 # - _NIX_PURE: This variable allows for making the shell pure with the use of --pure.
 #     Take note that this makes Nix tools like `nix-build` unavailable in the shell.
-# - _NIX_KEEP: This variable allows specifying which env vars to keep for Nix pure shell. 
+# - _NIX_KEEP: This variable allows specifying which env vars to keep for Nix pure shell.
 
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
 YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ if [[ "$TARGET_OS" =~ (linux|windows|darwin|macos) ]]; then
   nix-shell ${shellArgs[@]} --run "scripts/prepare-for-desktop-platform.sh" || exit
 fi
 
+if [ -n "${STATUS_GO_SRC_OVERRIDE}" ]; then
+  shellArgs+=("--arg config {android_sdk.accept_license=true;status_go.src_override=\"${STATUS_GO_SRC_OVERRIDE}\";}")
+fi
+
 # if _NIX_ATTR is specified we shouldn't use shell.nix, the path will be different
 entryPoint="shell.nix"
 if [ -n "${_NIX_ATTR}" ]; then
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 64ab4f74c2..7babbdb4d4 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ nixpkgs-bootstrap ? import ./nix/nixpkgs-bootstrap.nix { },
+{ config ? { android_sdk.accept_license = true; },
+  nixpkgs-bootstrap ? import ./nix/nixpkgs-bootstrap.nix { inherit config; },
   pkgs ? nixpkgs-bootstrap.pkgs,
   target-os ? "none" }:
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ in mkShell {
   # none means we shouldn't include project specific deps
   buildInputs = if target-os == "none" then
     coreInputs
-  else 
+  else
     with pkgs; [
       unzip
       ncurses
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ in mkShell {
 
   inputsFrom = if target-os == "none" then
     []
-  else 
+  else
     [ project.shell ];
 
   shellHook = project.shell.shellHook;