diff --git a/platform/nix.lua b/platform/nix.lua
index 40d268d..31fcd4e 100644
--- a/platform/nix.lua
+++ b/platform/nix.lua
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ local function is_installed(exe_name)
     return os.execute("which " .. exe_name) == 0
 end
 
+local function is_xclip_installed()
+    local handle = io.popen("xclip -version 2>&1", "r")
+    local result = handle:read("*a")
+    handle:close()
+    return result:find("xclip") ~= nil
+end
+
 if h.is_mac() then
     self.clip_util = "pbcopy"
     self.clip_cmd = "LANG=en_US.UTF-8 " .. self.clip_util
@@ -22,7 +29,7 @@ elseif h.is_wayland() then
 else
     self.clip_util = "xclip"
     self.clip_cmd = self.clip_util .. " -i -selection clipboard"
-    self.healthy = is_installed(self.clip_util)
+    self.healthy = is_xclip_installed()
 end
 
 self.tmp_dir = function()