diff --git a/modules/targets/generic-linux.nix b/modules/targets/generic-linux.nix
index aad74afb6..b5a07d5fa 100644
--- a/modules/targets/generic-linux.nix
+++ b/modules/targets/generic-linux.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ let
 
   profileDirectory = config.home.profileDirectory;
 
+  nixPkg = if config.nix.package == null then pkgs.nix else config.nix.package;
+
 in {
   imports = [
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "targets" "genericLinux" "extraXdgDataDirs" ] [
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ in {
     };
 
     home.sessionVariablesExtra = ''
-      . "${pkgs.nix}/etc/profile.d/nix.sh"
+      . "${nixPkg}/etc/profile.d/nix.sh"
 
       # reset TERM with new TERMINFO available (if any)
       export TERM="$TERM"
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ in {
     # We need to source both nix.sh and hm-session-vars.sh as noted in
     # https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/pull/797#issuecomment-544783247
     programs.bash.initExtra = ''
-      . "${pkgs.nix}/etc/profile.d/nix.sh"
+      . "${nixPkg}/etc/profile.d/nix.sh"
       . "${profileDirectory}/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh"
     '';