diff --git a/proton b/proton
index ec61aab6..30a5c7d8 100755
--- a/proton
+++ b/proton
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import tarfile
 
+from ctypes import CDLL
+from ctypes import POINTER
+from ctypes import Structure
+from ctypes import addressof
+from ctypes import cast
+from ctypes import c_int
+from ctypes import c_char_p
+from ctypes import c_void_p
+from ctypes.util import find_library
+
 from filelock import FileLock
 
 #To enable debug logging, copy "user_settings.sample.py" to "user_settings.py"
@@ -127,6 +137,83 @@ def try_get_game_library_dir():
 
     return None
 
+# Function to find the installed location of DLL files for use by Wine/Proton
+# from the NVIDIA Linux driver
+#
+# See https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steam-runtime-tools/-/issues/71 for
+# background on the chosen method of DLL discovery.
+#
+# On success, returns a str() of the absolute-path to the directory at which DLL
+# files are stored
+#
+# On failure, returns None
+def find_nvidia_wine_dll_dir():
+    libdl = CDLL(find_library("libdl"))
+    libglx_nvidia = CDLL("libGLX_nvidia.so.0")
+
+    if libdl is None or libglx_nvidia is None:
+        return None
+
+    # from dlinfo(3)
+    #
+    # struct link_map {
+    #     ElfW(Addr) l_addr;  /* Difference between the
+    #                            address in the ELF file and
+    #                            the address in memory */
+    #     char      *l_name;  /* Absolute pathname where
+    #                            object was found */
+    #     ElfW(Dyn) *l_ld;    /* Dynamic section of the
+    #                            shared object */
+    #     struct link_map *l_next, *l_prev;
+    #                         /* Chain of loaded objects */
+    #
+    #     /* Plus additional fields private to the
+    #        implementation */
+    # };
+    RTLD_DI_LINKMAP = 2
+    class link_map(Structure):
+        _fields_ = [("l_addr", c_void_p), ("l_name", c_char_p), ("l_ld", c_void_p)]
+
+    # from dlinfo(3)
+    #
+    # int dlinfo (void *restrict handle, int request, void *restrict info)
+    dlinfo_func = libdl.dlinfo
+    dlinfo_func.argtypes = c_void_p, c_int, c_void_p
+    dlinfo_func.restype = c_int
+
+    # Allocate a link_map object
+    glx_nvidia_info_ptr = POINTER(link_map)()
+
+    # Run dlinfo(3) on the handle to libGLX_nvidia.so.0, storing results at the
+    # address represented by glx_nvidia_info_ptr
+    if dlinfo_func(libglx_nvidia._handle,
+                   RTLD_DI_LINKMAP,
+                   addressof(glx_nvidia_info_ptr)) != 0:
+        return None
+
+    # Grab the contents our of our pointer
+    glx_nvidia_info = cast(glx_nvidia_info_ptr, POINTER(link_map)).contents
+
+    # Decode the path to our library to a str()
+    if glx_nvidia_info.l_name is None:
+        return None
+    try:
+        libglx_nvidia_path = os.fsdecode(glx_nvidia_info.l_name)
+    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+        return None
+
+    # Follow any symlinks to the actual file
+    libglx_nvidia_realpath = os.path.realpath(libglx_nvidia_path)
+
+    # Go to the relative path ./nvidia/wine from our library
+    nvidia_wine_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(libglx_nvidia_realpath), "nvidia", "wine")
+
+    # Check that nvngx.dll exists here, or fail
+    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(nvidia_wine_dir, "nvngx.dll")):
+        return nvidia_wine_dir
+
+    return None
+
 EXT2_IOC_GETFLAGS = 0x80086601
 EXT2_IOC_SETFLAGS = 0x40086602
 
@@ -605,6 +692,14 @@ class CompatData:
                 if os.path.exists(nvapi32_dll):
                     os.unlink(nvapi32_dll)
 
+            # Try to detect known DLLs that ship with the NVIDIA Linux Driver
+            # and add them into the prefix
+            nvidia_wine_dll_dir = find_nvidia_wine_dll_dir()
+            if nvidia_wine_dll_dir:
+                for dll in ["_nvngx.dll", "nvngx.dll"]:
+                    try_copy(nvidia_wine_dll_dir + "/" + dll,
+                             self.prefix_dir + "drive_c/windows/system32/" + dll)
+
             try_copy(g_proton.lib64_dir + "wine/vkd3d-proton/d3d12.dll",
                     self.prefix_dir + "drive_c/windows/system32/d3d12.dll")
             try_copy(g_proton.lib_dir + "wine/vkd3d-proton/d3d12.dll",