diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 5bd95fc..98b406a 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -218,6 +218,39 @@
       policy = ["magic"];
     };
   };
+
+  programs.nix-ld.enable = true;
+
+  # "minimum" amount of libraries needed for most games to run without steam-run
+  programs.nix-ld.libraries = with pkgs; [
+    # common requirement for several games
+    stdenv.cc.cc.lib
+
+    # from https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-23.05/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix#L72-L79
+    xorg.libXcomposite
+    xorg.libXtst
+    xorg.libXrandr
+    xorg.libXext
+    xorg.libX11
+    xorg.libXfixes
+    libGL
+    libva
+
+    # from https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-23.05/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix#L124-L136
+    fontconfig
+    freetype
+    xorg.libXt
+    xorg.libXmu
+    libogg
+    libvorbis
+    SDL
+    SDL2_image
+    glew110
+    libdrm
+    libidn
+    tbb
+    zlib
+  ];
   # Open ports in the firewall.
   # networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
   # Or disable the firewall altogether.