diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/builder.sh
index 56012aafea9c..a30f1d7f5936 100755
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/builder.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ installPhase() {
     do
       # I'm lazy to differentiate needed libs per-library, as the closure is the same.
       # Unfortunately --shrink-rpath would strip too much.
-      patchelf --set-rpath "$out/lib:$libPath" "$libname"
+      if [[ -n $lib32 && $libname == "$lib32/lib/"* ]]; then
+        patchelf --set-rpath "$lib32/lib:$libPath32" "$libname"
+      else
+        patchelf --set-rpath "$out/lib:$libPath" "$libname"
+      fi
 
       libname_short=`echo -n "$libname" | sed 's/so\..*/so/'`
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix
index 4bbb9d92930e..eeb7b99bbaae 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 , broken ? false
 }:
 
-{ stdenv, callPackage, pkgsi686Linux, fetchurl
-, kernel ? null, xorg, zlib, perl, nukeReferences
+{ stdenv, callPackage, pkgs, pkgsi686Linux, fetchurl
+, kernel ? null, perl, nukeReferences
 , # Whether to build the libraries only (i.e. not the kernel module or
   # nvidia-settings).  Used to support 32-bit binaries on 64-bit
   # Linux.
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ let
   pkgSuffix = optionalString (versionOlder version "304") "-pkg0";
   i686bundled = versionAtLeast version "391";
 
+  libPathFor = pkgs: pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [ pkgs.xorg.libXext pkgs.xorg.libX11
+    pkgs.xorg.libXv pkgs.xorg.libXrandr pkgs.xorg.libxcb pkgs.zlib pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc ];
 
   self = stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "nvidia-x11-${version}${nameSuffix}";
@@ -70,7 +72,8 @@ let
     dontStrip = true;
     dontPatchELF = true;
 
-    libPath = makeLibraryPath [ xorg.libXext xorg.libX11 xorg.libXv xorg.libXrandr xorg.libxcb zlib stdenv.cc.cc ];
+    libPath = libPathFor pkgs;
+    libPath32 = optionalString i686bundled (libPathFor pkgsi686Linux);
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [ perl nukeReferences ]
       ++ optionals (!libsOnly) kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;