diff --git a/home-manager/fred.nix b/home-manager/fred.nix
index 69a5172..b3276d8 100644
--- a/home-manager/fred.nix
+++ b/home-manager/fred.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,18 @@ in
   # mutableExtensionsDir keeps GUI-installed extensions working.
   programs.vscode = lib.mkIf isDesktop {
     enable = true;
-    package = pkgs.vscodium;
+    # Wrap codium so user-installed extension native addons (.node files from
+    # npm) can find libstdc++.so.6 — those binaries have empty RPATHs and
+    # Electron's patched interpreter won't pick up nix-ld's stubs.
+    package = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+      name = "vscodium";
+      paths = [ pkgs.vscodium ];
+      nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+      postBuild = ''
+        wrapProgram $out/bin/codium \
+          --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [ pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib ]}"
+      '';
+    };
     mutableExtensionsDir = true;
     profiles.default.userSettings = {
       "window.menuBarVisibility" = "compact";
diff --git a/hosts/FredOS-Gaming.nix b/hosts/FredOS-Gaming.nix
index 0fd3805..a463314 100644
--- a/hosts/FredOS-Gaming.nix
+++ b/hosts/FredOS-Gaming.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
     ];
 
     programs.nix-ld.enable = true;
+    programs.nix-ld.libraries = with pkgs; [
+      stdenv.cc.cc.lib  # libstdc++.so.6 — needed by VSCodium extension native addons (e.g. sqlite3 in Continue)
+    ];
 
     programs.steam = {
       enable = true;