diff --git a/lxc/executors/nim b/lxc/executors/nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b5b1c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lxc/executors/nim
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd /tmp/$2
+timeout -s KILL 10 nim --hints:off c code.code
+timeout -s KILL 3 xargs -a args.args -d '\n' ./code
diff --git a/lxc/test_all_lxc b/lxc/test_all_lxc
index b673e67..eac050e 100755
--- a/lxc/test_all_lxc
+++ b/lxc/test_all_lxc
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ echo -n 'testing nasm 32 bit = '
 ../../cli/execute nasm nasm.nasm
 echo -n 'testing nasm 64 bit = '
 ../../cli/execute nasm64 nasm64.nasm
+echo -n 'testing nim = '
+../../cli/execute nim nim.nim
 echo -n 'testing node = '
 ../../cli/execute node node.js
 echo -n 'testing paradoc = '
diff --git a/lxc/versions b/lxc/versions
index ede597e..6353569 100755
--- a/lxc/versions
+++ b/lxc/versions
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ echo 'nasm64'
 lxc-attach --clear-env -n piston -- /bin/bash -l -c "nasm -version"
 echo '---'
 
+echo 'nim'
+lxc-attach --clear-env -n piston -- /bin/bash -l -c "nim -v"
+echo '---'
+
 echo 'node'
 lxc-attach --clear-env -n piston -- /bin/bash -l -c "node --version"
 echo '---'
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index ef1859b..6515189 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ Content-Type: application/json
 `lua`,
 `nasm`,
 `nasm64`,
+`nim`,
 `node`,
 `paradoc`,
 `perl`,
diff --git a/shared/languages.json b/shared/languages.json
index ffb4307..636fd84 100644
--- a/shared/languages.json
+++ b/shared/languages.json
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@
             "java"
         ]
     },
+    {
+        "name": "nim",
+        "aliases": [
+            "nim"
+        ]
+    },
     {
         "name": "node",
         "aliases": [
diff --git a/var/install.txt b/var/install.txt
index 071b702..307404d 100644
--- a/var/install.txt
+++ b/var/install.txt
@@ -252,6 +252,18 @@ rm zig-linux-x86_64-0.7.1.tar.xz
 echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/zig/zig' >> /opt/.profile
 source /opt/.profile
 
+# install nim
+# final binary: /opt/nim/bin/nim
+# get version: /opt/nim/bin/nim -v
+cd /opt && mkdir nim && cd nim
+wget https://nim-lang.org/download/nim-1.4.0-linux_x64.tar.xz
+unxz nim-1.4.0-linux_x64.tar.xz
+tar -xf nim-1.4.0-linux_x64.tar
+cd nim-1.4.0
+./install.sh /opt
+echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/nim/bin' >> /opt/.profile
+source /opt/.profile
+
 # create runnable users and apply limits
 for i in {1..150}; do
     useradd -M runner$i