diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/steam.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/steam.nix
index 3c919c47a0c..6e9b7729ad6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/steam.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/steam.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ with lib;
 
 let
   cfg = config.programs.steam;
+
+  steam = pkgs.steam.override {
+    extraLibraries = pkgs: with config.hardware.opengl;
+      if pkgs.hostPlatform.is64bit
+      then [ package ] ++ extraPackages
+      else [ package32 ] ++ extraPackages32;
+  };
 in {
   options.programs.steam.enable = mkEnableOption "steam";
 
@@ -18,7 +25,7 @@ in {
 
     hardware.steam-hardware.enable = true;
 
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.steam ];
+    environment.systemPackages = [ steam steam.run ];
   };
 
   meta.maintainers = with maintainers; [ mkg20001 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv-bubblewrap/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv-bubblewrap/default.nix
index 572f12cdf83..3985eca4243 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv-bubblewrap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv-bubblewrap/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, callPackage, runCommandLocal, writeShellScriptBin, coreutils, bubblewrap }:
+{ lib, callPackage, runCommandLocal, writeShellScriptBin, glibc, pkgsi686Linux, coreutils, bubblewrap }:
+
+let buildFHSEnv = callPackage ./env.nix { }; in
 
 args @ {
   name
@@ -60,21 +62,45 @@ let
   in concatStringsSep "\n  "
   (map (file: "--ro-bind-try /etc/${file} /etc/${file}") files);
 
+  # Create this on the fly instead of linking from /nix
+  # The container might have to modify it and re-run ldconfig if there are
+  # issues running some binary with LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+  createLdConfCache = ''
+    cat > /etc/ld.so.conf <<EOF
+    /lib
+    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
+    /lib64
+    /usr/lib
+    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
+    /usr/lib64
+    /lib/i386-linux-gnu
+    /lib32
+    /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu
+    /usr/lib32
+    EOF
+    ldconfig &> /dev/null
+  '';
   init = run: writeShellScriptBin "${name}-init" ''
     source /etc/profile
+    ${createLdConfCache}
     exec ${run} "$@"
   '';
 
   bwrapCmd = { initArgs ? "" }: ''
     blacklist=(/nix /dev /proc /etc)
     ro_mounts=()
+    symlinks=()
     for i in ${env}/*; do
       path="/''${i##*/}"
       if [[ $path == '/etc' ]]; then
-        continue
+        :
+      elif [[ -L $i ]]; then
+        symlinks+=(--symlink "$(readlink "$i")" "$path")
+        blacklist+=("$path")
+      else
+        ro_mounts+=(--ro-bind "$i" "$path")
+        blacklist+=("$path")
       fi
-      ro_mounts+=(--ro-bind "$i" "$path")
-      blacklist+=("$path")
     done
 
     if [[ -d ${env}/etc ]]; then
@@ -112,8 +138,26 @@ let
       ${lib.optionalString unshareCgroup "--unshare-cgroup"}
       --die-with-parent
       --ro-bind /nix /nix
+      # Our glibc will look for the cache in its own path in `/nix/store`.
+      # As such, we need a cache to exist there, because pressure-vessel
+      # depends on the existence of an ld cache. However, adding one
+      # globally proved to be a bad idea (see #100655), the solution we
+      # settled on being mounting one via bwrap.
+      # Also, the cache needs to go to both 32 and 64 bit glibcs, for games
+      # of both architectures to work.
+      --tmpfs ${glibc}/etc \
+      --symlink /etc/ld.so.conf ${glibc}/etc/ld.so.conf \
+      --symlink /etc/ld.so.cache ${glibc}/etc/ld.so.cache \
+      --ro-bind ${glibc}/etc/rpc ${glibc}/etc/rpc \
+      --remount-ro ${glibc}/etc \
+      --tmpfs ${pkgsi686Linux.glibc}/etc \
+      --symlink /etc/ld.so.conf ${pkgsi686Linux.glibc}/etc/ld.so.conf \
+      --symlink /etc/ld.so.cache ${pkgsi686Linux.glibc}/etc/ld.so.cache \
+      --ro-bind ${pkgsi686Linux.glibc}/etc/rpc ${pkgsi686Linux.glibc}/etc/rpc \
+      --remount-ro ${pkgsi686Linux.glibc}/etc \
       ${etcBindFlags}
       "''${ro_mounts[@]}"
+      "''${symlinks[@]}"
       "''${auto_mounts[@]}"
       ${init runScript}/bin/${name}-init ${initArgs}
     )
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv-bubblewrap/env.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv-bubblewrap/env.nix
index 8b2d46c4ae9..b9c719a4c78 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv-bubblewrap/env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv-bubblewrap/env.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildEnv, writeText, pkgs, pkgsi686Linux }:
+{ stdenv, lib, buildEnv, writeText, writeShellScriptBin, pkgs, pkgsi686Linux }:
 
 { name, profile ? ""
 , targetPkgs ? pkgs: [], multiPkgs ? pkgs: []
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ let
     [ (toString gcc.cc.lib)
     ];
 
+  ldconfig = writeShellScriptBin "ldconfig" ''
+    exec ${pkgs.glibc.bin}/bin/ldconfig -f /etc/ld.so.conf -C /etc/ld.so.cache "$@"
+  '';
   etcProfile = writeText "profile" ''
     export PS1='${name}-chrootenv:\u@\h:\w\$ '
     export LOCALE_ARCHIVE='/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive'
@@ -86,7 +89,8 @@ let
   # Composes a /usr-like directory structure
   staticUsrProfileTarget = buildEnv {
     name = "${name}-usr-target";
-    paths = [ etcPkg ] ++ basePkgs ++ targetPaths;
+    # ldconfig wrapper must come first so it overrides the original ldconfig
+    paths = [ etcPkg ldconfig ] ++ basePkgs ++ targetPaths;
     extraOutputsToInstall = [ "out" "lib" "bin" ] ++ extraOutputsToInstall;
     ignoreCollisions = true;
   };
@@ -132,7 +136,20 @@ let
     mkdir -m0755 usr
     cd usr
     ${setupLibDirs}
-    for i in bin sbin share include; do
+    ${lib.optionalString isMultiBuild ''
+    if [ -d "${staticUsrProfileMulti}/share" ]; then
+      cp -rLf ${staticUsrProfileMulti}/share share
+    fi
+    ''}
+    if [ -d "${staticUsrProfileTarget}/share" ]; then
+      if [ -d share ]; then
+        chmod -R 755 share
+        cp -rLTf ${staticUsrProfileTarget}/share share
+      else
+        cp -rLf ${staticUsrProfileTarget}/share share
+      fi
+    fi
+    for i in bin sbin include; do
       if [ -d "${staticUsrProfileTarget}/$i" ]; then
         cp -rsHf "${staticUsrProfileTarget}/$i" "$i"
       fi
diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix b/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
index 924714d802a..42faaf287d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
@@ -134,6 +134,20 @@ in buildFHSUserEnv rec {
     libuuid
     libbsd
     alsaLib
+
+    # needed by getcap for vr startup
+    libcap
+
+    # dependencies for mesa drivers, needed inside pressure-vessel
+    mesa.drivers
+    expat
+    wayland
+    xlibs.libxcb
+    xlibs.libXdamage
+    xlibs.libxshmfence
+    xlibs.libXxf86vm
+    llvm_11.lib
+    libelf
   ] ++ (if (!nativeOnly) then [
     (steamPackages.steam-runtime-wrapped.override {
       inherit runtimeOnly;
@@ -251,6 +265,8 @@ in buildFHSUserEnv rec {
     fi
 
     export STEAM_RUNTIME=${if nativeOnly then "0" else "/steamrt"}
+
+    export VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/intel_icd.x86_64.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/intel_icd.i686.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/lvp_icd.x86_64.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/lvp_icd.i686.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd32.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.i686.json
   '' + extraProfile;
 
   runScript = writeScript "steam-wrapper.sh" ''