diff --git a/guix/inferior.scm b/guix/inferior.scm
index ca819c6eff..3fa4930095 100644
--- a/guix/inferior.scm
+++ b/guix/inferior.scm
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ (define-module (guix inferior)
   #:use-module ((guix derivations)
                 #:select (read-derivation-from-file))
   #:use-module (guix gexp)
+  #:use-module (guix search-paths)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ (define-module (guix inferior)
             inferior-package-native-inputs
             inferior-package-propagated-inputs
             inferior-package-transitive-propagated-inputs
+            inferior-package-native-search-paths
+            inferior-package-transitive-native-search-paths
+            inferior-package-search-paths
             inferior-package-derivation))
 
 ;;; Commentary:
@@ -322,6 +326,28 @@ (define inferior-package-propagated-inputs
 (define inferior-package-transitive-propagated-inputs
   (cut inferior-package-input-field <> 'package-transitive-propagated-inputs))
 
+(define (%inferior-package-search-paths package field)
+  "Return the list of search path specificiations of PACKAGE, an inferior
+package."
+  (define paths
+    (inferior-package-field package
+                            `(compose (lambda (paths)
+                                        (map (@ (guix search-paths)
+                                                search-path-specification->sexp)
+                                             paths))
+                                      ,field)))
+
+  (map sexp->search-path-specification paths))
+
+(define inferior-package-native-search-paths
+  (cut %inferior-package-search-paths <> 'package-native-search-paths))
+
+(define inferior-package-search-paths
+  (cut %inferior-package-search-paths <> 'package-search-paths))
+
+(define inferior-package-transitive-native-search-paths
+  (cut %inferior-package-search-paths <> 'package-transitive-native-search-paths))
+
 (define (proxy client backend)                    ;adapted from (guix ssh)
   "Proxy communication between CLIENT and BACKEND until CLIENT closes the
 connection, at which point CLIENT is closed (both CLIENT and BACKEND must be
diff --git a/tests/inferior.scm b/tests/inferior.scm
index 03170a19c9..99d736bd40 100644
--- a/tests/inferior.scm
+++ b/tests/inferior.scm
@@ -140,6 +140,15 @@ (define result
     (close-inferior inferior)
     result))
 
+(test-equal "inferior-package-search-paths"
+  (package-native-search-paths guile-2.2)
+  (let* ((inferior (open-inferior %top-builddir
+                                  #:command "scripts/guix"))
+         (guile    (first (lookup-inferior-packages inferior "guile")))
+         (result   (inferior-package-native-search-paths guile)))
+    (close-inferior inferior)
+    result))
+
 (test-equal "inferior-package-derivation"
   (map derivation-file-name
        (list (package-derivation %store %bootstrap-guile "x86_64-linux")