diff --git a/ops/nixos/lib/bgp.nix b/ops/nixos/lib/bgp.nix
index a33f81fc94..8e3f78d94f 100644
--- a/ops/nixos/lib/bgp.nix
+++ b/ops/nixos/lib/bgp.nix
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ let
     protocol pipe ${ixName}pipe_4 {
       table ${ixName}4;
       peer table master4;
-      import where ((ro, ${toString ix.local.asn}, ${toString ix.remote.export_community}) ~ bgp_ext_community);
+      import ${if ix.remote.is_route_collector then "all" else "where ((ro, ${toString ix.local.asn}, ${toString ix.remote.export_community}) ~ bgp_ext_community)"};
       export filter bgp_in_${ixName}4;
     };
     protocol pipe ${ixName}pipe_6 {
       table ${ixName}6;
       peer table master6;
-      import where ((ro, ${toString ix.local.asn}, ${toString ix.remote.export_community}) ~ bgp_ext_community);
+      import ${if ix.remote.is_route_collector then "all" else "where ((ro, ${toString ix.local.asn}, ${toString ix.remote.export_community}) ~ bgp_ext_community)"};
       export filter bgp_in_${ixName}6;
     };
   '' + lib.concatImapStringsSep "\n" ( i: v: generateSnippetForRouter (args // { routerNum = i; router = v; }) ) ix.remote.routers;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ let
       ipv4 {
         table ${ixName}4;
         import all;
-        export where ((ro, ${toString ix.local.asn}, 1000) ~ bgp_ext_community);
+        export ${if ix.remote.is_route_collector then "all" else "where ((ro, ${toString ix.local.asn}, 1000) ~ bgp_ext_community)"};
         ${prefixLimitSnippet ix.remote.prefix_limit.v4}
       };
     };
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ let
       ipv6 {
         table ${ixName}6;
         import all;
-        export where ((ro, ${toString ix.local.asn}, 1000) ~ bgp_ext_community);
+        export ${if ix.remote.is_route_collector then "all" else "where ((ro, ${toString ix.local.asn}, 1000) ~ bgp_ext_community)"};
         ${prefixLimitSnippet ix.remote.prefix_limit.v6}
       };
     };
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ in {
                         type = int;
                         default = 100;
                       };
+                      is_route_collector = mkOption { # lukegbgp.config.peering.<foo>.remote.is_route_collector
+                        type = bool;
+                        default = false;
+                      };
                       routers = mkOption { # lukegbgp.config.peering.<foo>.remote.routers
                         type = listOf (submodule {
                           options = {