diff --git a/nixos_start.sh b/nixos_start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b42bfb67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos_start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+RC='\033[0m'
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+
+temp_file=$1
+
+# Function to check command exit status and print error message if failed
+check() {
+    local exit_code=$1
+    local message=$2
+
+    if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo -e "${RED}ERROR: $message${RC}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# Use patchelf to execute linutil on NixOS
+nix-shell -p patchelf -p glibc --run "
+patchelf --set-interpreter $(nix-build --no-out-link '<nixpkgs>' -A glibc)/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --set-rpath /run/current-system/sw/lib $temp_file
+"
+check $? "Patching linutil"
+
+$temp_file
+check $? "Executing linutil"
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 2590d9d3..863ffd66 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ check $? "Downloading linutil"
 chmod +x "$temp_file"
 check $? "Making linutil executable"
 
-"$temp_file"
-check $? "Executing linutil"
+#if the script is being run on NixOS
+if [ -f /etc/NIXOS ]; then
+    ./nixos_start.sh "$temp_file"
+    check $? "Executing linutil on NixOS"
+else
+    "$temp_file"
+    check $? "Executing linutil"
+fi
 
 rm -f "$temp_file"
 check $? "Deleting the temporary file"