diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e422614..27f7bb2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Each of the script has other prerequisites. Most of them require one or more of
 - tesseract & tesseract language package(s)
 - sed
 
+if you're using Nixos, just use the pdfForts.nix file instead.
 
 
 addPasswdPDF
diff --git a/pdfForts.nix b/pdfForts.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bfb0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pdfForts.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{stdenv, fetchgit, kate, gnome3, pdftk, imagemagick, zip, unzip, libreoffice, unoconv, tesseract, recode, cuneiform, poppler_utils, ghostscript }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "pdfForts-git";
+# Switch between local testing and using proper git repo
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/sjau/pdfForts.git;
+    rev = "6e160232c2c139f2d66c5d0e8ffb94258fdc532d";
+    sha256 = "1q3d7l0kjs2jqv6xmdxckvx63jz6ns55c8md4q92f7ci7qig191z";
+  };
+#  src = /home/hyper/Desktop/git-repos/pdfForts;
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp -n **/*.sh $out/bin
+    rm $out/bin/vars.sh
+# NixOS does currently not provide Kate, so Zenity is chosen over Kate
+    for i in $out/bin/*; do
+      substituteInPlace $i \
+        --replace /usr/bin/pdfForts/common.sh $out/lib/pdfForts/common.sh \
+        --replace /usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/pdfForts/ $out/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/pdfForts/ \
+        --replace kate ${kate}/bin/kate \
+        --replace zenity ${gnome3.zenity}/bin/zenity \
+        --replace pdftk ${pdftk}/bin/pdftk \
+        --replace " convert " " ${imagemagick}/bin/convert " \
+        --replace " zip " " ${zip}/bin/zip " \
+        --replace unzip ${unzip}/bin/unzip \
+        --replace libreoffice ${libreoffice}/bin/libreoffice \
+        --replace unoconv ${unoconv}/bin/unoconv \
+        --replace tesseract ${tesseract}/bin/tesseract \
+        --replace recode ${recode}/bin/recode \
+        --replace cuneiform ${cuneiform}/bin/cuneiform \
+        --replace pdftotext ${poppler_utils}/bin/pdftotext \
+        --replace "gs -sDEVICE" " ${ghostscript}/bin/gs -sDEVICE"
+    done
+
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/pdfForts
+    cp common.sh $out/lib/pdfForts/
+    for i in $out/lib/pdfForts/*.sh; do
+      substituteInPlace $i \
+        --replace /usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/pdfForts/ $out/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/pdfForts/ \
+        --replace pdftk ${pdftk}/bin/pdftk \
+        --replace kate ${kate}/bin/kate \
+        --replace zenity ${gnome3.zenity}/bin/zenity
+    done
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/pdfForts/
+    cp **/*.desktop $out/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/pdfForts/
+
+# For testing point the .desktop entries to /run/current-system/sw/bin/ instead of:
+#        --replace /usr/bin/pdfForts/ $out/bin/
+    for i in $out/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/pdfForts/*.desktop; do
+      substituteInPlace $i \
+        --replace /usr/bin/pdfForts/ /run/current-system/sw/bin/
+    done
+    
+    # NixOS does not provide exactimage / hocr2pdf -> hence searchable pdf needs to be removed
+    rm $out/bin/searchablePDF.sh
+    rm $out/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/pdfForts/searchablePDF.desktop
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/pdfForts
+    cp **/*.conf $out/share/pdfForts/
+    cp **/*.odt $out/share/pdfForts/
+    for i in $out/share/pdfForts/*.conf; do
+      substituteInPlace $i \
+        --replace /usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/pdfForts/ /run/current-system/sw/share/pdfForts/
+    done
+  '';
+}
+
+
+#watermarkPDF