diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 053387b..1764d47 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,15 +106,12 @@ let
 in
 with-inputs outputs
 ```
+Consumer projects that use `with-inputs` will automatically inject their own `inputs` as `inputsOverrides`.
 
 [^output-trick]: To use the experimental `nix` cli commands, create a `flake.nix` containing only
     ```nix
     { outputs = _: import ./.; }
     ```
-[^output-trick-2]: To additionally allow inputs overrides (eg, by a `with-inputs`-based consummer project):
-    ```nix
-    { outputs = inputsOverrides: import ./. { inherit inputsOverrides; }
-    ```
 
 ### Flake backed by non-flake pins
 When `with-inputs` detect a flake dependency which does not declare any inputs, that flake `output` function is still called with the all available inputs, so they could be used as overrides.
diff --git a/fixtures/with-inputs-flake/flake.nix b/fixtures/with-inputs-flake/flake.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a3f569..0000000
--- a/fixtures/with-inputs-flake/flake.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{ outputs = inputsOverrides: import ./. { inherit inputsOverrides; }; }
diff --git a/fixtures/with-inputs-flake/default.nix b/fixtures/with-inputs-project/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from fixtures/with-inputs-flake/default.nix
rename to fixtures/with-inputs-project/default.nix
diff --git a/tests.nix b/tests.nix
index dc85ecb..166fe54 100644
--- a/tests.nix
+++ b/tests.nix
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ in
       (with-inputs
         {
           my-lib = mkSrc ./fixtures/fake-flake;
-          with-inputs-dep = mkSrc ./fixtures/with-inputs-flake;
+          with-inputs-dep = mkSrc ./fixtures/with-inputs-project;
         }
         {
           my-lib.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "with-inputs-dep/nixpkgs2";
@@ -369,6 +369,21 @@ in
     expected = npins.nixpkgs.outPath;
   };
 
+  introspection.test-follow-sub-npins-with-inputs-input-with-source-arg = {
+    # s: my-lib.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "with-inputs-dep/nixpkgs" → traverse native inputs
+    expr =
+      (with-inputs
+        {
+          my-lib = mkSrc ./fixtures/fake-flake;
+          with-inputs-dep = mkSrc ./fixtures/with-inputs-project;
+        }
+        {
+          my-lib = s: { inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "with-inputs-dep/nixpkgs2"; };
+        }
+      ).my-lib.inputs.nixpkgs.outPath;
+    expected = npins.nixpkgs.outPath;
+  };
+
   real-flakes.test-npins-nix-maid-nixosModules-output-is-readable = {
     expr =
       (with-inputs npins { } (inputs: {
@@ -407,7 +422,7 @@ in
       (with-inputs
         {
           my-lib = mkFlake { nixpkgs = mkSrc "/nested-nixpkgs"; } { };
-          with-inputs-dep = mkSrc ./fixtures/with-inputs-flake;
+          with-inputs-dep = mkSrc ./fixtures/with-inputs-project;
         }
         {
           with-inputs-dep.inputs.nixpkgs2.follows = "my-lib/nixpkgs";
diff --git a/with-inputs.nix b/with-inputs.nix
index dedc559..29de4ec 100644
--- a/with-inputs.nix
+++ b/with-inputs.nix
@@ -62,11 +62,9 @@ let
     hostName: subName:
     let
       entry = inputs.${hostName} or null;
+      getSubInput = e: if builtins.isAttrs e && e ? inputs then e.inputs.${subName} or null else null;
     in
-    if entry != null && builtins.isAttrs entry && entry ? inputs then
-      entry.inputs.${subName} or null
-    else
-      null;
+    getSubInput (if builtins.isFunction entry then (entry sources.${hostName}) else entry);
 
   # Resolve an inputs entry to an actual input value, or null if unresolvable.
   # Values with outPath but no _type go through mkInput so their flake.nix is loaded.
@@ -108,15 +106,68 @@ let
     let
       hasPath = sourceInfo ? outPath;
       isFlake = hasPath && (sourceInfo.flake or true);
+      defaultPath = sourceInfo.outPath + "/default.nix";
+      defaultNix = import defaultPath;
+      defaultArgs = builtins.functionArgs defaultNix;
+      hadDefaultValues = builtins.all (withDefault: withDefault) (builtins.attrValues defaultArgs);
+      defaultExists = isFlake && builtins.pathExists defaultPath;
+      defaultGood = builtins.tryEval (
+        defaultExists && builtins.isFunction defaultNix && defaultArgs ? inputsOverrides && hadDefaultValues
+      );
       flakePath = sourceInfo.outPath + "/flake.nix";
       flakeExists = isFlake && builtins.pathExists flakePath;
-      allGood = builtins.tryEval flakeExists;
+      flakeGood = builtins.tryEval flakeExists;
+
     in
-    if allGood.success && allGood.value then
-      mkFlakeInput name sourceInfo (import flakePath)
+    if flakeGood.success && flakeGood.value then
+      let
+        flake = import flakePath;
+        specs = flake.inputs or { };
+        # Prefer default.nix if flake inputs specs is empty,
+        # unless in a flake evaluation context to avoid loading flake-compat (which would fail for using builtins.currentSystem)
+      in
+      if (specs == { } && builtins ? currentSystem && defaultGood.success && defaultGood.value) then
+        mkDefaultWithInputsInput name sourceInfo defaultNix
+      else
+        mkFlakeInput name sourceInfo flake
+    else if defaultGood.success && defaultGood.value then
+      mkDefaultWithInputsInput name sourceInfo defaultNix
     else
       sourceInfo // { inherit sourceInfo; };
 
+  mkDefaultWithInputsInput =
+    name: sourceInfo: defaultNix:
+    let
+      inputsOverrides =
+        let
+          recFollows =
+            let
+              follows =
+                input:
+                isFollows inputs.${input}
+                && (
+                  let
+                    followRoot = builtins.head (builtins.split "/" inputs.${input}.follows);
+                  in
+                  followRoot == name || follows followRoot
+                );
+            in
+            [ name ] ++ builtins.filter follows (builtins.attrNames inputs);
+        in
+        removeAttrs allInputs recFollows
+        // (builtins.mapAttrs (sub: spec: resolveSubInput name sub spec) (inputs.${name}.inputs or { }));
+      outputs = defaultNix { inherit inputsOverrides; };
+      self =
+        sourceInfo
+        // outputs
+        // {
+          _type = "flake";
+          inputs = outputs.inputs or { inherit self; };
+          inherit outputs sourceInfo;
+        };
+    in
+    self;
+
   mkFlakeInput =
     name: sourceInfo: flake:
     let
@@ -129,42 +180,14 @@ let
         builtins.functionArgs flake.outputs
       );
       nonEmptyInputs = direct != { } || indirect != { };
-      inputs =
-        if nonEmptyInputs then
-          indirect // direct
-        else
-          # Assume inputs are not handled by flake, but output function
-          # may still accept inputs overrides: we give it allInputs minus
-          # those that would obviously trigger infinite recursion
-          # (inputs defined as follows of inputs of the flake we are importing)
-          # plus inputs overrides declared for this flake.
-          let
-            recFollows =
-              let
-                follows =
-                  input:
-                  isFollows topLevelInputs.${input}
-                  && (
-                    let
-                      followRoot = builtins.head (builtins.split "/" topLevelInputs.${input}.follows);
-                    in
-                    followRoot == name || follows followRoot
-                  );
-              in
-              [ name ] ++ builtins.filter follows (builtins.attrNames topLevelInputs);
-          in
-          removeAttrs allInputs recFollows
-          // (builtins.mapAttrs (sub: spec: resolveSubInput name sub spec) (
-            topLevelInputs.${name}.inputs or { }
-          ));
-      outputs = flake.outputs (inputs // { inherit self; });
+      inputs = indirect // direct // { inherit self; };
+      outputs = flake.outputs inputs;
       self =
         sourceInfo
         // outputs
         // {
           _type = "flake";
-          inputs = if nonEmptyInputs then inputs else outputs.inputs or { inherit self; };
-          inherit outputs sourceInfo;
+          inherit outputs inputs sourceInfo;
         };
     in
     self;