diff --git a/nixos-configuration/steveej-laptop/system.nix b/nixos-configuration/steveej-laptop/system.nix
index a67acfd..85c41fb 100644
--- a/nixos-configuration/steveej-laptop/system.nix
+++ b/nixos-configuration/steveej-laptop/system.nix
@@ -304,4 +304,9 @@ rec {
     ln -sf ${config.services.xserver.displayManager.session.desktops} /etc/X11/sessions
   '';
 
+  system.activationScripts.lib64 = ''
+    echo "setting up /lib64..."
+    mkdir -p /lib64
+    ln -sf ${pkgs.stdenv.glibc}/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
+  '';
 }