1diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/common/getmodules.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/common/getmodules.go
2new file mode 100644
3index 00000000..1cce5675
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+ fhsKernelModulePath = "/lib/modules"
13+ nixKernelModulePath = "/run/booted-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules"
14+)
15+
16+func GetKernelModulePath() string {
17+ if _, err := os.Stat(nixKernelModulePath); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
18+ return nixKernelModulePath
19+ }
20+ return fhsKernelModulePath
21+}
22diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go
23index 97b05594..3aaa9830 100644
24--- a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go
25+++ b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go
26@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ 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 // propagate KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_CONTAINERD_SNAPSHOTTER to the entrypoint script
33 "-e", "KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_CONTAINERD_SNAPSHOTTER",
34 },
35diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provision.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provision.go
36index 50aa7018..7e25a4de 100644
37--- a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provision.go
38+++ b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provision.go
39@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ 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 // propagate KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_CONTAINERD_SNAPSHOTTER to the entrypoint script
46 "-e", "KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_CONTAINERD_SNAPSHOTTER",
47 },