diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/locked-paths.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/locked-paths.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e5b5a427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/locked-paths.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+synopsis: Don't consider a path with a specified rev to be `locked`
+issues: []
+cls: [2064]
+category: Fixes
+credits: [ma27]
+---
+
+Until now it was allowed to do e.g.
+
+    $ echo 'lalala' > testfile
+    $ nix eval --expr '(builtins.fetchTree { path = "/home/ma27/testfile"; rev = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"; type = "path"; })'
+    { lastModified = 1723656303; lastModifiedDate = "20240814172503"; narHash = "sha256-hOMY06A0ohaaCLwnhpZIMoAqi/8kG2vk30NRiqi0dfc="; outPath = "/nix/store/lhfz259iipmv9ky995rml8018jvriynh-source"; rev = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"; shortRev = "0000000"; }
+    $ cat /nix/store/lhfz259iipmv9ky995rml8018jvriynh-source
+    lalala
+
+because any kind of input with a `rev` specified is considered to be locked.
+
+With this change, inputs of type `path`, `indirect` and `tarball` are no longer
+considered locked with a rev, but no hash specified.
+
+This behavior was changed in
+[CppNix 2.21 as well](https://github.com/nixos/nix/commit/071dd2b3a4e6c0b2106f1b6f14ec26e153d97446) as well.
diff --git a/lix/libfetchers/fetchers.cc b/lix/libfetchers/fetchers.cc
index 457a5abff..0dc9f5e0c 100644
--- a/lix/libfetchers/fetchers.cc
+++ b/lix/libfetchers/fetchers.cc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static void fixupInput(Input & input)
     // Check common attributes.
     input.getType();
     input.getRef();
-    if (input.getRev())
+    if (input.scheme && input.scheme->isLockedByRev() && input.getRev())
         input.locked = true;
     input.getRevCount();
     input.getLastModified();
diff --git a/lix/libfetchers/fetchers.hh b/lix/libfetchers/fetchers.hh
index 1e965b756..420256bd2 100644
--- a/lix/libfetchers/fetchers.hh
+++ b/lix/libfetchers/fetchers.hh
@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ struct InputScheme
     virtual kj::Promise<Result<std::pair<StorePath, Input>>>
     fetch(ref<Store> store, const Input & input) = 0;
 
+    /*
+     * By default, libfetchers considers inputs as locked if a `rev`
+     * is specified. This however doesn't make any sense for `path` inputs,
+     * so schemes can indicate that a `rev` on its own is not sufficient.
+     */
+    virtual bool isLockedByRev() const { return true; }
+
 protected:
     void emplaceURLQueryIntoAttrs(
         const ParsedURL & parsedURL,
diff --git a/lix/libfetchers/indirect.cc b/lix/libfetchers/indirect.cc
index 9f7678834..1aec6c522 100644
--- a/lix/libfetchers/indirect.cc
+++ b/lix/libfetchers/indirect.cc
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ struct IndirectInputScheme : InputScheme
         return url;
     }
 
+    bool isLockedByRev() const override { return false; }
+
     bool hasAllInfo(const Input & input) const override
     {
         return false;
diff --git a/lix/libfetchers/path.cc b/lix/libfetchers/path.cc
index 94938edce..dc45db021 100644
--- a/lix/libfetchers/path.cc
+++ b/lix/libfetchers/path.cc
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ struct PathInputScheme : InputScheme
         return input;
     }
 
+    bool isLockedByRev() const override { return false; }
+
     ParsedURL toURL(const Input & input) const override
     {
         auto query = attrsToQuery(input.attrs);
diff --git a/lix/libfetchers/tarball.cc b/lix/libfetchers/tarball.cc
index e87098f68..c6fc52161 100644
--- a/lix/libfetchers/tarball.cc
+++ b/lix/libfetchers/tarball.cc
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ struct CurlInputScheme : InputScheme
         return url;
     }
 
+    bool isLockedByRev() const override { return false; }
+
     bool hasAllInfo(const Input & input) const override
     {
         return true;
diff --git a/tests/functional/fetchers.sh b/tests/functional/fetchers.sh
index 0f888dc33..d1d6d1b63 100644
--- a/tests/functional/fetchers.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/fetchers.sh
@@ -89,3 +89,8 @@ testFetchTreeError \
 testFetchTreeError \
     "{ type = \"hg\"; url = \"https://forge.tld/owner/repo\"; ref = \",\"; }" \
     "invalid Mercurial branch/tag name ','"
+
+echo 'hello lix' > testfile
+output="$(nix eval --expr '(builtins.fetchTree { path = "'"$(pwd)"'/testfile"; rev = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"; type = "path"; })' 2>&1)" && status=0 || status=$?
+[ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+grepQuiet "error: in pure evaluation mode, 'fetchTree' requires a locked input" <<<"$output"