diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/builder-legacy340.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/builder-legacy340.sh
index 5d6647d1ee0..07cc1a85de0 100755
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/builder-legacy340.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/builder-legacy340.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ installPhase() {
       patchelf --set-rpath "$out/lib:$allLibPath" "$libname"
 
       libname_short=`echo -n "$libname" | sed 's/so\..*/so/'`
+
+      # nvidia's EGL stack seems to expect libGLESv2.so.2 to be available
+      if [ $(basename "$libname_short") == "libGLESv2.so" ]; then
+          ln -srnf "$libname" "$libname_short.2"
+      fi
+
       ln -srnf "$libname" "$libname_short"
       ln -srnf "$libname" "$libname_short.1"
     done
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/builder.sh
index 47ca3d120a5..d34c4f355a3 100755
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/builder.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ installPhase() {
       patchelf --set-rpath "$out/lib:$allLibPath" "$libname"
 
       libname_short=`echo -n "$libname" | sed 's/so\..*/so/'`
+
+      # nvidia's EGL stack seems to expect libGLESv2.so.2 to be available
+      if [ $(basename "$libname_short") == "libGLESv2.so" ]; then
+          ln -srnf "$libname" "$libname_short.2"
+      fi
+
       ln -srnf "$libname" "$libname_short"
       ln -srnf "$libname" "$libname_short.1"
     done