diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 95ea2079f9c..8050658c933 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         id: cache-go-deps
         with:
           path: ~/go/bin
-          key: go-deps-${{ runner.os }}-v4.0.2-protoc-gen-go-v1.34.1-gopls-latest
+          key: go-deps-${{ runner.os }}-v4.0.2-protoc-gen-go-v1.34.1
           restore-keys: |
             go-deps-${{ runner.os }}-
 
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.cache-go-deps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
           go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@v1.34.1
-          go install golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest
-          which gopls
 
       - name: Setup Protocol Buffer Compiler
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v8
         with:
           version: v2.3.1
-          args: --build-tags=gowaku_no_rln
+          args: --build-tags=gowaku_no_rln,lint
 
       - name: lint-panics
         run: |
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e113223fabb..e96aa4302eb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/build/bin/push-notifi
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/tests-functional/scripts/scan_waku_fleet.py /usr/local/bin
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/static/keys/* /static/keys/
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/tests-functional/waku_configs/* /static/configs/
+COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/status-im/nim-sds/build/libsds.so /usr/local/lib/
+
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/
 
 COPY _assets/scripts/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a02fd0dbbbe..58f3ec40a95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .PHONY: statusgo all test clean help
 .PHONY: statusgo-ios-library statusgo-android-library
 .PHONY: build-libwaku test-libwaku clean-libwaku rebuild-libwaku
+.PHONY: build-libsds clean-libsds rebuild-libsds
 
 # Clear any GOROOT set outside of the Nix shell
 export GOROOT=
@@ -75,14 +76,14 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(detected_OS),Darwin)
  GOBIN_SHARED_LIB_EXT := dylib
- LIBWAKU_EXT := so
+ LIB_EXT := dylib
  GOBIN_SHARED_LIB_CFLAGS := CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=darwin
 else ifeq ($(detected_OS),Windows)
  GOBIN_SHARED_LIB_EXT := dll
- LIBWAKU_EXT := dll
+ LIB_EXT := dll
 else ifeq ($(detected_OS),Linux)
  GOBIN_SHARED_LIB_EXT := so
- LIBWAKU_EXT := so
+ LIB_EXT := so
  CGO_LDFLAGS += "-Wl,-soname,libstatus.so.0"
 endif
 
@@ -95,15 +96,46 @@ GIT_AUTHOR ?= $(shell git config user.email || echo $$USER)
 
 BUILD_TAGS ?= gowaku_no_rln
 
+# `nwaku` variables
+
 ifeq ($(USE_NWAKU), true)
     BUILD_TAGS += use_nwaku
     NWAKU_VERSION ?= v0.37.0-rc.3
     NWAKU_SOURCE_DIR ?= $(GIT_ROOT)/../nwaku
-    LIBWAKU := $(NWAKU_SOURCE_DIR)/build/libwaku.$(LIBWAKU_EXT)
+    LIBWAKU := $(NWAKU_SOURCE_DIR)/build/libwaku.$(LIB_EXT)
     CGO_CFLAGS+=-I$(NWAKU_SOURCE_DIR)/library
 	CGO_LDFLAGS+=-L$(NWAKU_SOURCE_DIR)/build -lwaku -Wl,-rpath,$(NWAKU_SOURCE_DIR)/build
 endif
 
+
+# `nim-sds` variables
+
+# Option 1: Provide NIM_SDS_SOURCE_DIR. Make clones it if missing.
+NIM_SDS_SOURCE_DIR ?= $(GIT_ROOT)/../nim-sds
+
+# Option 2: Provide NIM_SDS_LIB_DIR and NIM_SDS_INC_DIR
+
+# Determine which approach to use
+ifdef NIM_SDS_LIB_DIR
+ifdef NIM_SDS_INC_DIR
+    # External lib/include approach (e.g. used in Nix)
+    NIM_SDS_BUILD_FROM_SOURCE := false
+else
+    $(error NIM_SDS_INC_DIR must be provided when NIM_SDS_LIB_DIR is set)
+endif
+else
+    # Source directory approach
+    NIM_SDS_LIB_DIR := $(NIM_SDS_SOURCE_DIR)/build
+    NIM_SDS_INC_DIR := $(NIM_SDS_SOURCE_DIR)/library
+    NIM_SDS_BUILD_FROM_SOURCE := true
+endif
+
+LIBSDS := $(NIM_SDS_LIB_DIR)/libsds.$(LIB_EXT)
+CGO_CFLAGS+=-I$(NIM_SDS_INC_DIR)
+CGO_LDFLAGS+=-L$(NIM_SDS_LIB_DIR) -lsds
+
+# Common flags
+
 BUILD_FLAGS ?= -ldflags=""
 BUILD_FLAGS_MOBILE ?=
 
@@ -154,7 +186,6 @@ nix-gc-protected:
 	@echo -e "$(YELLOW)The following paths are protected:$(RESET)" && \
 	ls -1 $(_NIX_GCROOTS) | sed 's/^/ - /'
 
-
 nix-upgrade: SHELL := /bin/sh
 nix-upgrade: ##@nix Upgrade Nix interpreter to current version.
 	nix/scripts/upgrade.sh
@@ -175,7 +206,7 @@ nix-purge: ##@nix Completely remove Nix setup, including /nix directory
 all: $(GO_CMD_NAMES)
 
 .PHONY: $(GO_CMD_NAMES) $(GO_CMD_PATHS) $(GO_CMD_BUILDS)
-$(GO_CMD_BUILDS): generate $(LIBWAKU)
+$(GO_CMD_BUILDS): generate $(LIBWAKU) $(LIBSDS)
 $(GO_CMD_BUILDS): ##@build Build any Go project from cmd folder
 	CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" \
 	go build -v \
@@ -184,6 +215,13 @@ $(GO_CMD_BUILDS): ##@build Build any Go project from cmd folder
 	@echo "Compilation done."
 	@echo "Run \"build/bin/$(notdir $@) -h\" to view available commands."
 
+# Flag needed by nim-based dependencies (e.g., nwaku and nim-sds) that also use nimbus-build-system.
+# When USE_SYSTEM_NIM=1 skips compiling Nim compiler locally and instead,
+# enforces to use system-installed Nim.
+# This is not needed if nim dependencies use nimble.
+USE_SYSTEM_NIM ?= 0
+
+# Libwaku targets
 
 $(NWAKU_SOURCE_DIR): ##@build Clone nwaku
 ifeq ($(USE_NWAKU),true)
@@ -196,7 +234,7 @@ clone-nwaku: $(NWAKU_SOURCE_DIR)
 $(LIBWAKU): clone-nwaku
 ifeq ($(USE_NWAKU),true)
 	@echo "Building libwaku" $(LIBWAKU)
-	$(MAKE) -C $(NWAKU_SOURCE_DIR) libwaku SHELL=/bin/bash
+	$(MAKE) -C $(NWAKU_SOURCE_DIR) libwaku USE_SYSTEM_NIM=$(USE_SYSTEM_NIM) SHELL=/bin/bash
 endif
 
 build-libwaku: $(LIBWAKU)
@@ -210,6 +248,39 @@ clean-libwaku:
 
 rebuild-libwaku: | clean-libwaku $(LIBWAKU)
 
+# libsds targets
+
+$(NIM_SDS_SOURCE_DIR): ##@build Clone nim-sds
+ifeq ($(NIM_SDS_BUILD_FROM_SOURCE),true)
+	@echo "Cloning nim-sds ..."
+	git clone --branch v0.1.0 https://github.com/waku-org/nim-sds.git $(NIM_SDS_SOURCE_DIR)
+endif
+
+clone-nim-sds: $(NIM_SDS_SOURCE_DIR)
+
+$(LIBSDS): clone-nim-sds
+ifeq ($(NIM_SDS_BUILD_FROM_SOURCE),true)
+	@echo "Building nim-sds: $(LIBSDS)"
+	$(MAKE) -C $(NIM_SDS_SOURCE_DIR) update
+	$(MAKE) -C $(NIM_SDS_SOURCE_DIR) libsds USE_SYSTEM_NIM=$(USE_SYSTEM_NIM) SHELL=/bin/bash
+else
+	@test -f $(LIBSDS) || (echo "Error: libsds not found at $(LIBSDS)" && exit 1)
+endif
+
+build-libsds: $(LIBSDS)
+
+build-libsds-android: clone-nim-sds
+	@echo "Building nim-sds for Android" $(LIBSDS)
+	$(MAKE) -C $(NIM_SDS_SOURCE_DIR) libsds-android USE_SYSTEM_NIM=$(USE_SYSTEM_NIM) SHELL=/bin/bash
+
+clean-libsds:
+	@echo "Removing libsds"
+	rm $(LIBSDS)
+
+rebuild-libsds: | clean-libsds $(LIBSDS)
+
+# Status-go targets
+
 statusgo: ##@build Build status-go as status-backend server
 statusgo: build/bin/status-backend
 
@@ -227,34 +298,33 @@ push-notification-server: build/bin/push-notification-server
 cmd: ##@build Build all public apps in ./cmd
 cmd: status-backend push-notification-server
 
-
 status-go-deps:
 	go clean -cache || true
 	go clean -modcache || true
 	go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@v1.34.1
 
-
-
+statusgo-c-bindings: STATUS_GO_BINDINGS_PATH ?= build/bin/statusgo-lib
 statusgo-c-bindings:
-	## cmd/library/README.md explains the magic incantation behind this
-	mkdir -p build/bin/statusgo-lib
-	go run -mod=mod cmd/library/*.go > build/bin/statusgo-lib/main.go
+	@## cmd/library/README.md explains the magic incantation behind this
+	mkdir -p $(STATUS_GO_BINDINGS_PATH)
+	go run -mod=mod cmd/library/*.go > $(STATUS_GO_BINDINGS_PATH)/main.go
 
+statusgo-library: STATUS_GO_BINDINGS_PATH ?= build/bin/statusgo-lib
+statusgo-library: STATUS_GO_LIBRARY_OUT ?= build/bin
 statusgo-library: generate
-statusgo-library: statusgo-c-bindings $(LIBWAKU) ##@cross-compile Build status-go as static library for current platform
+statusgo-library: statusgo-c-bindings $(LIBWAKU) $(LIBSDS) ##@cross-compile Build status-go as static library for current platform
 	@echo "Building static library..."
 	CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" \
 	go build \
 		-tags '$(BUILD_TAGS)' \
 		$(BUILD_FLAGS) \
 		-buildmode=c-archive \
-		-o build/bin/libstatus.a \
-		./build/bin/statusgo-lib
-	@echo "Static library built:"
-	@ls -la build/bin/libstatus.*
+		-o $(STATUS_GO_LIBRARY_OUT)/libstatus.a \
+		"$(STATUS_GO_BINDINGS_PATH)/main.go"
+	@echo "Static library built: $(STATUS_GO_LIBRARY_OUT)/libstatus.a"
 
 statusgo-shared-library: generate
-statusgo-shared-library: statusgo-c-bindings $(LIBWAKU) ##@cross-compile Build status-go as shared library for current platform
+statusgo-shared-library: statusgo-c-bindings $(LIBWAKU) $(LIBSDS) ##@cross-compile Build status-go as shared library for current platform
 	@echo "Building shared library..."
 	@echo "Tags: $(BUILD_TAGS)"
 	CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" \
@@ -340,7 +410,7 @@ clean-release:
 	rm -rf $(RELEASE_DIR)
 
 lint-fix:
-	golangci-lint --build-tags '$(BUILD_TAGS)' run --fix ./...
+	golangci-lint --build-tags '$(BUILD_TAGS) lint' run --fix ./...
 
 docker-test: ##@tests Run tests in a docker container with golang.
 	docker run --privileged --rm -it -v "$(PWD):$(DOCKER_TEST_WORKDIR)" -w "$(DOCKER_TEST_WORKDIR)" $(DOCKER_TEST_IMAGE) go test ${ARGS}
@@ -363,6 +433,7 @@ test-unit: export UNIT_TEST_PACKAGES ?= $(call sh, go list ./... | \
 	grep -v /transactions/fake | \
 	grep -v /tests-unit-network)
 test-unit: ##@tests Run unit and integration tests
+	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(NIM_SDS_LIB_DIR)" CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" \
 	./_assets/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh
 
 test-unit-network: test-unit-prep
@@ -384,12 +455,13 @@ benchmark: export FUNCTIONAL_TESTS_DOCKER_UID ?= $(call sh, id -u)
 benchmark:
 	@./_assets/scripts/run_benchmark.sh
 
-lint-panics: export GOFLAGS ?= -tags='$(BUILD_TAGS)'
 lint-panics: generate
+	GOFLAGS=-tags='$(BUILD_TAGS),lint' \
 	go tool goroutine-defer-guard -skip=./cmd -test=false ./...
 
 lint: generate lint-panics
-	golangci-lint --build-tags '$(BUILD_TAGS)' run ./...
+lint:
+	golangci-lint --build-tags '$(BUILD_TAGS) lint' run ./...
 
 clean: ##@other Cleanup
 	rm -fr build/bin/*
diff --git a/_assets/scripts/run_functional_tests.sh b/_assets/scripts/run_functional_tests.sh
index 72260ae857d..ec866f764cc 100755
--- a/_assets/scripts/run_functional_tests.sh
+++ b/_assets/scripts/run_functional_tests.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ pytest --reruns 2 -m rpc -c "${root_path}/pytest.ini" -n 12 \
   --docker-image=${image_name} \
   --codecov_dir="${binary_coverage_reports_path}" \
   --logs-dir="${logs_path}" \
-  --junitxml="${test_results_path}/report.xml"
+  --junitxml="${test_results_path}/report.xml" \
+  ${root_path}
 exit_code=$?
 
 # Stop containers
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 0762f62dadd..862793f9d35 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 {
   "nodes": {
+    "nim-sds": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1762510817,
+        "narHash": "sha256-VwTp+2JB8ZM8Yx9RPOZ95GBrw5hFdDGMKhS5w9uQ2CQ=",
+        "rev": "b6431260110fe62956ff4d7bab6767556c19d040",
+        "revCount": 67,
+        "submodules": true,
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://github.com/waku-org/nim-sds"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "rev": "b6431260110fe62956ff4d7bab6767556c19d040",
+        "submodules": true,
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://github.com/waku-org/nim-sds"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1757590060,
@@ -17,6 +37,22 @@
       }
     },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1757590060,
+        "narHash": "sha256-EWwwdKLMZALkgHFyKW7rmyhxECO74+N+ZO5xTDnY/5c=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "0ef228213045d2cdb5a169a95d63ded38670b293",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "0ef228213045d2cdb5a169a95d63ded38670b293",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs_3": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1740603184,
         "narHash": "sha256-t+VaahjQAWyA+Ctn2idyo1yxRIYpaDxMgHkgCNiMJa4=",
@@ -34,7 +70,7 @@
     },
     "nwaku": {
       "inputs": {
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_3",
         "zerokit": "zerokit"
       },
       "locked": {
@@ -56,7 +92,8 @@
     },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "nim-sds": "nim-sds",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
         "nwaku": "nwaku"
       }
     },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 21a65ade7a2..358d80d180e 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/0ef228213045d2cdb5a169a95d63ded38670b293";
     # We cannot do follows since the nim-unwrapped-2_0 doesn't exist in this nixpkgs version above
     nwaku.url = "git+https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku?submodules=1&rev=e755fd834f5f3d6fba216b09469316f0328b3b6f";
+    nim-sds.url = "git+https://github.com/waku-org/nim-sds?submodules=1&rev=b6431260110fe62956ff4d7bab6767556c19d040";
   };
 
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nwaku }:
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nwaku, nim-sds }:
   let
     stableSystems = [
       "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux"
@@ -38,7 +39,10 @@
         };
         overlays = [
           pkgsOverlay
-          (final: prev: { nwaku = nwaku.packages.${system}; })
+          (final: prev: {
+            nwaku        = nwaku.packages.${system};
+            lib-sds-pkg  = nim-sds.packages.${system}.libsds;
+          })
         ];
       }
     );
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e00fe81cb5e..04f104b16c6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/status-im/extkeys v1.4.0
 	github.com/status-im/go-wallet-sdk v0.0.0-20251027141302-43edbd6abc92
 	github.com/waku-org/go-waku v0.10.1-0.20251003225121-06c9af60f35b
+	github.com/waku-org/sds-go-bindings v0.0.0-20251119184907-e78f76307965
 	github.com/waku-org/waku-go-bindings v0.0.0-20251030105913-aa64c47d2bf3
 	github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2 v2.1.7
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 64111c3554f..0f7d9a8f8b6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2414,6 +2414,8 @@ github.com/waku-org/go-zerokit-rln-arm v0.0.0-20230916171929-1dd9494ff065 h1:Sd7
 github.com/waku-org/go-zerokit-rln-arm v0.0.0-20230916171929-1dd9494ff065/go.mod h1:7cSGUoGVIla1IpnChrLbkVjkYgdOcr7rcifEfh4ReR4=
 github.com/waku-org/go-zerokit-rln-x86_64 v0.0.0-20230916171518-2a77c3734dd1 h1:4HSdWMFMufpRo3ECTX6BrvA+VzKhXZf7mS0rTa5cCWU=
 github.com/waku-org/go-zerokit-rln-x86_64 v0.0.0-20230916171518-2a77c3734dd1/go.mod h1:+LeEYoW5/uBUTVjtBGLEVCUe9mOYAlu5ZPkIxLOSr5Y=
+github.com/waku-org/sds-go-bindings v0.0.0-20251119184907-e78f76307965 h1:1xx0AQeLfxSLxuGvu7em1LrNM5lVXTU6PiuaPfTkbpA=
+github.com/waku-org/sds-go-bindings v0.0.0-20251119184907-e78f76307965/go.mod h1:rC5yaoM7ee8h/zEyCGfdnYTOEhyW3jpdck7maoiRQQE=
 github.com/waku-org/waku-go-bindings v0.0.0-20251030105913-aa64c47d2bf3 h1:VimYvS377VZh/b/kipnv2rp0a2r8Dd7D+4ihVd3hipI=
 github.com/waku-org/waku-go-bindings v0.0.0-20251030105913-aa64c47d2bf3/go.mod h1:v6ogkMCyQRUTazRyQR5LIouukY4/2bkjjHpnBKBxcAY=
 github.com/wealdtech/go-ens/v3 v3.6.0 h1:EAByZlHRQ3vxqzzwNi0GvEq1AjVozfWO4DMldHcoVg8=
diff --git a/messaging/layers/reliability/reliability.go b/messaging/layers/reliability/reliability.go
index fae3b75f03d..cc1af5e9c54 100644
--- a/messaging/layers/reliability/reliability.go
+++ b/messaging/layers/reliability/reliability.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
+	_ "github.com/waku-org/sds-go-bindings/sds"
+
 	mvdsnode "github.com/status-im/mvds/node"
 	mvdsproto "github.com/status-im/mvds/protobuf"
 	mvdsstate "github.com/status-im/mvds/state"
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/status-go/library/default.nix b/nix/pkgs/status-go/library/default.nix
index 4d7d122a4c2..d46cbdc1f54 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/status-go/library/default.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/status-go/library/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ let
 in pkgs.buildGoModule {
   pname = "status-go";
   src = builtins.path { path = ./../../../..; name = "status-go-library"; };
-  vendorHash = "sha256-pxkFTHFLrTOdCh9V/Mzjt5/NHCzjmIuN5fIt5EptHSE=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-t6dtjRx3xBg15WhNe7oenkPPHTZrsajvc60pWnj1OxY=";
 
   inherit meta version;
 
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ in pkgs.buildGoModule {
   allowGoReference = true;
 
   preBuild = ''
-    go run cmd/library/*.go > $NIX_BUILD_TOP/main.go
-    make generate SHELL=$SHELL GO111MODULE=on GO_GENERATE_CMD='go generate'
+    export NIM_SDS_INC_DIR="${pkgs.lib-sds-pkg}/include"
+    export NIM_SDS_LIB_DIR="${pkgs.lib-sds-pkg}/lib"
+    export GO_GENERATE_CMD='go generate'
+    make generate
   '';
 
   # Build the Go library
@@ -48,12 +50,9 @@ in pkgs.buildGoModule {
   # https://github.com/status-im/status-mobile/issues/20135
   buildPhase = ''
     runHook preBuild
-    go build \
-      -buildmode='c-archive' \
-      ${optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-ldflags=-extldflags=-lresolv"} \
-      -tags='gowaku_skip_migrations gowaku_no_rln ${optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "netgo"}' \
-      -o "$out/libstatus.a" \
-      $NIX_BUILD_TOP/main.go
+    make statusgo-library \
+        STATUS_GO_BINDINGS_PATH="$NIX_BUILD_TOP" \
+        STATUS_GO_LIBRARY_OUT="$out"
     runHook postBuild
   '';
 }
diff --git a/nix/shell.nix b/nix/shell.nix
index 3e936e37dd2..17e671e4a4e 100644
--- a/nix/shell.nix
+++ b/nix/shell.nix
@@ -21,14 +21,20 @@ in mkShell {
     go golangci-lint go-junit-report gopls codecov-cli
     protobuf3_24 protoc-gen-go gotestsum openjdk openssl
     rustc cargo
+    nim
+    lib-sds-pkg
   ];
 
-  shellHook = lib.optionalString (!isMacM1) ''
-    ANDROID_HOME=${pkgs.androidPkgs.androidsdk}/libexec/android-sdk/
-    ANDROID_NDK=$ANDROID_HOME/ndk-bundle
-    ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=$ANDROID_HOME
-    ANDROID_NDK_HOME=$ANDROID_NDK
-  '' + lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin) ''
+  shellHook = ''
+    export USE_SYSTEM_NIM=1
+  ''
+  + lib.optionalString (!isMacM1) ''
+    export ANDROID_HOME=${pkgs.androidPkgs.androidsdk}/libexec/android-sdk/
+    export ANDROID_NDK=\$ANDROID_HOME/ndk-bundle
+    export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=\$ANDROID_HOME
+    export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=\$ANDROID_NDK
+  ''
+  + lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin) ''
     export PATH="/usr/bin:$PATH"
   '';
   # Sandbox causes Xcode issues on MacOS. Requires sandbox=relaxed.