diff --git a/distro-files/etc/profile b/distro-files/etc/profile
index 0cfd0af8..561df4c7 100644
--- a/distro-files/etc/profile
+++ b/distro-files/etc/profile
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ alias grep="grep --color=auto"
 if [ $(tty) == "/dev/console" ]
 then
 	alias startwm="exec /usr/libexec/astral/startwm"
+	alias startnscde="exec /usr/libexec/astral/startnscde"
 fi
diff --git a/distro-files/usr/libexec/astral/startnscde b/distro-files/usr/libexec/astral/startnscde
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..449d4d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro-files/usr/libexec/astral/startnscde
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+export DISPLAY=":0"
+X &
+while [ 1 ]
+do
+  if [ -S /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 ]
+  then
+    break
+  fi
+
+  if [ $SECONDS -gt 15 ]
+  then
+    echo timeout
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  sleep 0.5
+done
+stty -echo -echoctl -isig -icanon min 0 time 0
+nscde &> /tmp/.nscdestderr > /tmp/.nscdestdout
+stty -echo -echoctl -isig -icanon min 0 time 0
+cat -
diff --git a/recipes/distro-files b/recipes/distro-files
index 162a4269..910299d3 100644
--- a/recipes/distro-files
+++ b/recipes/distro-files
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name=distro-files
-revision=2
+revision=3
 from_source=distro-files
 
 package() {
@@ -27,5 +27,7 @@ package() {
 	chmod +x ${dest_dir}/etc/local.d/firstboot.start
 	chmod +x ${dest_dir}/usr/bin/astral-bootstrap
 	chmod +x ${dest_dir}/usr/bin/astral-chroot
+	chmod +x ${dest_dir}/usr/libexec/astral/startwm
+	chmod +x ${dest_dir}/usr/libexec/astral/startnscde
 	chmod +x ${dest_dir}/root/hello.sh ${dest_dir}/home/astral/hello.sh ${dest_dir}/etc/skel/hello.sh
 }