1diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/common/getmodules.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/common/getmodules.go
2new file mode 100644
3index 00000000..f42a883d
4--- /dev/null
5+++ b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/common/getmodules.go
6@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
7+package common
8+
9+import "os"
10+
11+const (
12+ fhsKernalModulePath = "/lib/modules"
13+ nixKernalModulePath = "/run/booted-system/kernel-modules/lib"
14+)
15+
16+func GetKernelModulePath() string {
17+ if _, err := os.Stat(nixKernalModulePath); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
18+ return nixKernalModulePath
19+ }
20+ return fhsKernalModulePath
21+}
22diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go
23index 50161861..86d5b7b6 100644
24--- a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go
25+++ b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go
26@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func runArgsForNode(node *config.Node, clusterIPFamily config.ClusterIPFamily, n
27 // (please don't depend on doing this though!)
28 "--volume", "/var",
29 // some k8s things want to read /lib/modules
30- "--volume", "/lib/modules:/lib/modules:ro",
31+ "--volume", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/lib/modules:ro", common.GetKernelModulePath()),
32 },
33 args...,
34 )
35diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provision.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provision.go
36index 51dce486..3bc36b42 100644
37--- a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provision.go
38+++ b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provision.go
39@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func runArgsForNode(node *config.Node, clusterIPFamily config.ClusterIPFamily, n
40 // dev: devices on the volume will be able to be used by processes within the container
41 "--volume", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/var:suid,exec,dev", varVolume),
42 // some k8s things want to read /lib/modules
43- "--volume", "/lib/modules:/lib/modules:ro",
44+ "--volume", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/lib/modules:ro", common.GetKernelModulePath()),
45 },
46 args...,
47 )