diff --git a/arion.nix b/arion.nix
index e7c51bb..276cf0a 100644
--- a/arion.nix
+++ b/arion.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/arion
       cp -a nix $out/share/arion/
       cp -a arion-image $out/share/arion/
+      tar -czf $out/share/arion/arion-image/tarball.tar.gz -C arion-image/tarball .
       substitute arion $out/bin/arion \
         --subst-var-by path ${lib.makeBinPath [jq coreutils docker_compose]} \
         --subst-var-by nix_dir $out/share/arion/nix \
diff --git a/src/arion-image/Dockerfile b/src/arion-image/Dockerfile
index 8c4159e..4aa6448 100644
--- a/src/arion-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/arion-image/Dockerfile
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 FROM scratch
 COPY passwd /etc/passwd
+ADD tarball.tar.gz /
diff --git a/src/arion-image/tarball/bin/sh b/src/arion-image/tarball/bin/sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..261b8af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/arion-image/tarball/bin/sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/run/system/bin/sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/arion-image/tarball/usr/bin/env b/src/arion-image/tarball/usr/bin/env
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..5871f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/arion-image/tarball/usr/bin/env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/run/system/usr/bin/env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/nix/service-host-store.nix b/src/nix/service-host-store.nix
index bd3725f..e650d78 100644
--- a/src/nix/service-host-store.nix
+++ b/src/nix/service-host-store.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    when the service.useHostStore option is set to true.
 
  */
-{ lib, config, ... }:
+{ lib, config, pkgs, ... }:
 let
   inherit (lib) mkOption types mkIf;
 in
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ in
     service.build.context = "${../arion-image}";
     service.volumes = [
       "/nix/store:/nix/store"
-      "/bin/sh:/bin/sh"
-      "/usr/bin/env:/usr/bin/env"
+      "${pkgs.buildEnv { name = "container-system-env"; paths = [ pkgs.bashInteractive pkgs.coreutils ]; }}:/run/system"
     ];
   };
 }