diff --git a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
index 71b8f3c4553bc..0b6bdf474195d 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
+++ b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ def fix_bin_or_dylib(self, fname):
             # The latter one does not exist on NixOS when using tmpfs as root.
             try:
                 with open("/etc/os-release", "r") as f:
-                    if not any(line.strip() == "ID=nixos" for line in f):
+                    if not any(l.strip() in ["ID=nixos", "ID='nixos'", 'ID="nixos"'] for l in f):
                         return
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 return