diff --git a/packages/nim/build.sh b/packages/nim/build.sh
index 869ea1570..e80c8b708 100644
--- a/packages/nim/build.sh
+++ b/packages/nim/build.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Nim programming language compiler"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE_FILE="copying.txt"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.4.8
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.6.0
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://nim-lang.org/download/nim-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.xz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=b798c577411d7d95b8631261dbb3676e9d1afd9e36740d044966a0555b41441a
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=52065d48d72a72702ec1afe5f7a9831e11673531e279cdff9caec01a07eec63d
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="clang, git, libandroid-glob"
 TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD=true
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
diff --git a/packages/nim/makefile.patch b/packages/nim/makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ad6e8592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nim/makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -uNr nim-1.6.0/makefile nim-1.6.0.mod/makefile
+--- nim-1.6.0/makefile	2021-10-19 01:39:26.000000000 +0100
++++ nim-1.6.0.mod/makefile	2021-11-28 08:52:56.003610701 +0100
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
+ 
+ ifeq ($(uos),linux)
+   myos = linux
+-  LDFLAGS += -ldl -lm -lrt
++  LDFLAGS += -ldl -lm
+ endif
+ ifeq ($(uos),dragonfly)
+   myos = freebsd
diff --git a/packages/nim/osproc.nim.patch b/packages/nim/osproc.nim.patch
index 0e0d5b30a..181004aa7 100644
--- a/packages/nim/osproc.nim.patch
+++ b/packages/nim/osproc.nim.patch
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-diff -uNr nim-1.4.0/lib/pure/osproc.nim nim-1.4.0.mod/lib/pure/osproc.nim
---- nim-1.4.0/lib/pure/osproc.nim	2020-10-30 15:31:18.741930200 +0100
-+++ nim-1.4.0.mod/lib/pure/osproc.nim	2020-10-30 15:29:53.596433900 +0100
-@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@
+diff -uNr nim-1.6.0/lib/pure/osproc.nim nim-1.6.0.mod/lib/pure/osproc.nim
+--- nim-1.6.0/lib/pure/osproc.nim	2021-10-19 01:39:28.000000000 +0100
++++ nim-1.6.0.mod/lib/pure/osproc.nim	2021-11-28 07:17:57.000000000 +0100
+@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@
      if poEvalCommand in options:
        const useShPath {.strdefine.} =
          when not defined(android): "/bin/sh"
 -        else: "/system/bin/sh"
 +        else: "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/sh"
        data.sysCommand = useShPath
-       sysArgsRaw = @[data.sysCommand, "-c", command]
+       sysArgsRaw = @[useShPath, "-c", command]
        assert args.len == 0, "`args` has to be empty when using poEvalCommand."