diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/nix-ld.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/nix-ld.nix
index 602278d1ba9b..f753cf5f97e5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/nix-ld.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/nix-ld.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,68 @@
 { pkgs, lib, config, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.programs.nix-ld;
+
+  # TODO make glibc here configureable?
+  nix-ld-so = pkgs.runCommand "ld.so" {} ''
+    ln -s "$(cat '${pkgs.stdenv.cc}/nix-support/dynamic-linker')" $out
+  '';
+
+  nix-ld-libraries = pkgs.buildEnv {
+    name = "lb-library-path";
+    pathsToLink = [ "/lib" ];
+    paths = map lib.getLib cfg.libraries;
+    extraPrefix = "/share/nix-ld";
+    ignoreCollisions = true;
+  };
+
+  # We currently take all libraries from systemd and nix as the default.
+  # Is there a better list?
+  baseLibraries = with pkgs; [
+    zlib
+    zstd
+    stdenv.cc.cc
+    curl
+    openssl
+    attr
+    libssh
+    bzip2
+    libxml2
+    acl
+    libsodium
+    util-linux
+    xz
+    systemd
+  ];
+in
 {
   meta.maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.mic92 ];
   options = {
-    programs.nix-ld.enable = lib.mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc ''nix-ld, Documentation: <https://github.com/Mic92/nix-ld>'');
+    programs.nix-ld = {
+      enable = lib.mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc ''nix-ld, Documentation: <https://github.com/Mic92/nix-ld>'');
+      package = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.package;
+        description = lib.mdDoc "Which package to use for the nix-ld.";
+        default = pkgs.nix-ld;
+        defaultText = lib.mdDoc "pkgs.nix-ld";
+      };
+      libraries = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.package;
+        description = lib.mdDoc "Libraries that automatically become available to all programs. The default set includes common libraries.";
+        default = baseLibraries;
+        defaultText = lib.mdDoc "baseLibraries";
+      };
+    };
   };
   config = lib.mkIf config.programs.nix-ld.enable {
-    systemd.tmpfiles.packages = [ pkgs.nix-ld ];
+    systemd.tmpfiles.packages = [ cfg.package ];
+
+    environment.systemPackages = [ nix-ld-libraries ];
+
+    environment.pathsToLink = [ "/share/nix-ld" ];
+
+    environment.variables = {
+      NIX_LD = toString nix-ld-so;
+      NIX_LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/run/current-system/sw/share/nix-ld/lib";
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/tests/nix-ld.nix b/nixos/tests/nix-ld.nix
index ae5297ab87ea..8733f5b0c397 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/nix-ld.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/nix-ld.nix
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, pkgs, ...} :
   };
   testScript = ''
     start_all()
-    path = "${pkgs.stdenv.cc}/nix-support/dynamic-linker"
-    with open(path) as f:
-        real_ld = f.read().strip()
-    machine.succeed(f"NIX_LD={real_ld} hello")
+    machine.succeed("hello")
  '';
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nix-ld/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nix-ld/default.nix
index b54f9e36515d..0ce112e0a13d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nix-ld/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nix-ld/default.nix
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nix-ld";
-  version = "1.0.2";
+  version = "1.0.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mic92";
     repo = "nix-ld";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-DlWU5i/MykqWgB9vstYbECy3e+XagXWCxi+XDJNey0s=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-KmnT8YfU/KI4VxBlFMUltlAVLNvF7fTEQEsp41ZUHlA=";
   };
 
   doCheck = true;