diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
index 3caec769400c..949b1e346269 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ in
             KERNEL=="nvidia_uvm", RUN+="${pkgs.runtimeShell} -c 'mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidia-uvm-tools c $$(grep nvidia-uvm /proc/devices | cut -d \  -f 1) 1'"
           '';
           hardware.opengl = {
-            extraPackages = [ nvidia_x11.out ];
+            extraPackages = [ nvidia_x11.out nvidia_x11.settings.libXNVCtrl ];
             extraPackages32 = [ nvidia_x11.lib32 ];
           };
           environment.systemPackages = [ nvidia_x11.bin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/libxnvctrl-build-shared-3xx.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/libxnvctrl-build-shared-3xx.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2e074add754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/libxnvctrl-build-shared-3xx.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- a/src/libXNVCtrl/Makefile
++++ b/src/libXNVCtrl/Makefile
+@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
+ 
+ LIBXNVCTRL = libXNVCtrl.a
+ 
++LIBXNVCTRL_SHARED = $(OUTPUTDIR)/libXNVCtrl.so
++
+ LIBXNVCTRL_PROGRAM_NAME = "libXNVCtrl"
+ 
+ LIBXNVCTRL_VERSION := $(NVIDIA_VERSION)
+@@ -62,6 +64,12 @@
+ $(LIBXNVCTRL) : $(OBJS)
+ 	$(AR) ru $@ $(OBJS)
+ 
++$(LIBXNVCTRL_SHARED): $(LIBXNVCTRL_OBJ)
++	$(RM) $@ $@.*
++	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname=$(@F).0 -o $@.0.0.0 $(LDFLAGS) $^ -lXext -lX11
++	ln -s $(@F).0.0.0 $@.0
++	ln -s $(@F).0 $@
++
+ # define the rule to build each object file
+ $(foreach src,$(SRC),$(eval $(call DEFINE_OBJECT_RULE,TARGET,$(src))))
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/libxnvctrl-build-shared.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/libxnvctrl-build-shared.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad1dc1eae400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/libxnvctrl-build-shared.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/src/libXNVCtrl/xnvctrl.mk
++++ b/src/libXNVCtrl/xnvctrl.mk
+@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
+ 
+ LIBXNVCTRL = $(OUTPUTDIR)/libXNVCtrl.a
+ 
++LIBXNVCTRL_SHARED = $(OUTPUTDIR)/libXNVCtrl.so
++
+ LIBXNVCTRL_SRC = $(XNVCTRL_DIR)/NVCtrl.c
+ 
+ LIBXNVCTRL_OBJ = $(call BUILD_OBJECT_LIST,$(LIBXNVCTRL_SRC))
+@@ -47,3 +49,9 @@
+ 
+ $(LIBXNVCTRL) : $(LIBXNVCTRL_OBJ)
+ 	$(call quiet_cmd,AR) ru $@ $(LIBXNVCTRL_OBJ)
++
++$(LIBXNVCTRL_SHARED): $(LIBXNVCTRL_OBJ)
++	$(RM) $@ $@.*
++	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname=$(@F).0 -o $@.0.0.0 $(LDFLAGS) $^ -lXext -lX11
++	ln -s $(@F).0.0.0 $@.0
++	ln -s $(@F).0 $@
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix
index 2d9dfd81829e..e13f3a157b64 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ let
 
     makeFlags = [
       "OUTPUTDIR=." # src/libXNVCtrl
+      "libXNVCtrl.a"
+      "libXNVCtrl.so"
+    ];
+
+    patches = [
+      # Patch the Makefile to also produce a shared library.
+      (if lib.versionOlder nvidia_x11.settingsVersion "400" then ./libxnvctrl-build-shared-3xx.patch
+      else ./libxnvctrl-build-shared.patch)
     ];
 
     installPhase = ''
@@ -52,6 +60,7 @@ let
       cp libXNVCtrl.a $out/lib
       cp NVCtrl.h     $out/include/NVCtrl
       cp NVCtrlLib.h  $out/include/NVCtrl
+      cp -P libXNVCtrl.so* $out/lib
     '';
   };
 
@@ -138,6 +147,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     license = licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
     platforms = nvidia_x11.meta.platforms;
     mainProgram = "nvidia-settings";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar aidalgol ];
   };
 }