diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/common/getmodules.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/common/getmodules.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cce5675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/common/getmodules.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package common
+
+import "os"
+
+const (
+	fhsKernelModulePath = "/lib/modules"
+	nixKernelModulePath = "/run/booted-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules"
+)
+
+func GetKernelModulePath() string {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(nixKernelModulePath); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return nixKernelModulePath
+	}
+	return fhsKernelModulePath
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go
index 97b05594..3aaa9830 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func runArgsForNode(node *config.Node, clusterIPFamily config.ClusterIPFamily, n
 		// (please don't depend on doing this though!)
 		"--volume", "/var",
 		// some k8s things want to read /lib/modules
-		"--volume", "/lib/modules:/lib/modules:ro",
+		"--volume", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/lib/modules:ro", common.GetKernelModulePath()),
 		// propagate KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_CONTAINERD_SNAPSHOTTER to the entrypoint script
 		"-e", "KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_CONTAINERD_SNAPSHOTTER",
 	},
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provision.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provision.go
index 50aa7018..7e25a4de 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provision.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provision.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func runArgsForNode(node *config.Node, clusterIPFamily config.ClusterIPFamily, n
 		// dev: devices on the volume will be able to be used by processes within the container
 		"--volume", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/var:suid,exec,dev", varVolume),
 		// some k8s things want to read /lib/modules
-		"--volume", "/lib/modules:/lib/modules:ro",
+		"--volume", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/lib/modules:ro", common.GetKernelModulePath()),
 		// propagate KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_CONTAINERD_SNAPSHOTTER to the entrypoint script
 		"-e", "KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_CONTAINERD_SNAPSHOTTER",
 	},