diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index e3cefee..577be16 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ let
       __functor = allInputs: outputs: f.__functor allInputs (may-import outputs);
     };
 
-  from.niv = root: with-inputs (root + "/nix/sources.nix");
+  with-inputs' = root: sources: with-inputs (may-import sources // { self.outPath = root; });
 
-  from.npins = root: with-inputs (root + "/npins");
+  from.niv = root: with-inputs' root (root + "/nix/sources.nix");
+
+  from.npins = root: with-inputs' root (root + "/npins");
 
   from.lon =
     root:
@@ -28,9 +30,9 @@ let
       lon = import (root + "/lon.nix");
       sources = builtins.mapAttrs (_: outPath: { inherit outPath; }) lon;
     in
-    with-inputs sources;
+    with-inputs' root sources;
 
-  from.unflake = root: with-inputs (root + "/unflake.nix");
+  from.unflake = root: with-inputs' root (import (root + "/unflake.nix"));
 
   from.tack =
     root:
@@ -130,9 +132,9 @@ let
         ) (builtins.attrNames allFollow)
       );
     in
-    with-inputs (pinned // aliases);
+    with-inputs' root (pinned // aliases);
 
-  from.nixtamal = root: with-inputs (import (root + "/nix/tamal") { });
+  from.nixtamal = root: with-inputs' root (import (root + "/nix/tamal") { });
 
   from.flake =
     root:
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ let
         }
         .${node.locked.type};
     in
-    with-inputs sources;
+    with-inputs' root sources;
 
 in
 {
diff --git a/fixtures/with-inputs-flake/flake.nix b/fixtures/with-inputs-flake/flake.nix
index 3ea9e28..4a3f569 100644
--- a/fixtures/with-inputs-flake/flake.nix
+++ b/fixtures/with-inputs-flake/flake.nix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{ outputs = inputs: import ./. { inputsOverrides = removeAttrs inputs [ "self" ]; }; }
+{ outputs = inputsOverrides: import ./. { inherit inputsOverrides; }; }
diff --git a/tests.nix b/tests.nix
index ab4e644..dc85ecb 100644
--- a/tests.nix
+++ b/tests.nix
@@ -259,6 +259,14 @@ in
     expected = true;
   };
 
+  functor-self.test-outputs-function-receives-inputs-with-self-outPath = {
+    expr =
+      (with-inputs { self.outPath = ./.; } { } (inputs: {
+        selfOutPath = inputs.self.outPath;
+      })).selfOutPath;
+    expected = ./.;
+  };
+
   functor-self.test-inputs-is-the-with-inputs-attrset = {
     expr = (with-inputs { foo = mkSrc "/foo"; } { } (_: { })).inputs.foo.outPath;
     expected = "/foo";
diff --git a/with-inputs.nix b/with-inputs.nix
index 6ec90d7..dedc559 100644
--- a/with-inputs.nix
+++ b/with-inputs.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ sources: inputsOverrides:
 let
   inputs =
     let
-      f = io: if builtins.isAttrs io then io else (__functor allInputs io).outputs;
+      f =
+        io:
+        builtins.removeAttrs (if builtins.isAttrs io then io else (__functor allInputs io).outputs) [
+          "self"
+        ];
     in
     if builtins.isList inputsOverrides then
       builtins.foldl' (x: y: x // (f y)) { } inputsOverrides
@@ -165,7 +169,8 @@ let
     in
     self;
 
-  resolvedSources = builtins.mapAttrs mkInput sources;
+  selfSources = sources.self or { };
+  resolvedSources = builtins.mapAttrs mkInput (builtins.removeAttrs sources [ "self" ]);
   # Shallow merge is correct: each key is fully resolved before this point.
   # Sub-input overrides (inputs.foo.inputs.bar.follows) are injected into
   # resolvedSources at resolution time via overrideSubSpec, so no deep merge
@@ -184,10 +189,13 @@ let
       outputs = outputsFn inputs;
       # self exposes .inputs, .outputs and ._type like a real flake self, with all
       # output attributes merged at top level for direct attribute access.
-      self = outputs // {
-        inherit inputs outputs;
-        _type = "flake";
-      };
+      self =
+        selfSources
+        // outputs
+        // {
+          inherit inputs outputs;
+          _type = "flake";
+        };
     in
     self;