-

diff --git i/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs w/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
index b094acf..18adff4 100644
--- i/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
+++ w/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
@@ -417,9 +417,10 @@ indexOfSublists sub = f 0
 
 prop_checkShebangParameters1 = verifyTree checkShebangParameters "#!/usr/bin/env bash -x\necho cow"
 prop_checkShebangParameters2 = verifyNotTree checkShebangParameters "#! /bin/sh  -l "
+prop_checkShebangParameters3 = verifyTree checkShebangParameters "#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell\n#!nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils jq\necho cow"
 checkShebangParameters p (T_Annotation _ _ t) = checkShebangParameters p t
 checkShebangParameters _ (T_Script id sb _) =
-    [makeComment ErrorC id 2096 "On most OS, shebangs can only specify a single parameter." | length (words sb) > 2]
+  [makeComment ErrorC id 2096 "On most OS, shebangs can only specify a single parameter." | ((length (words sb) > 2) && ((head (words sb)) /= "nix-shell"))]
 
 prop_checkShebang1 = verifyNotTree checkShebang "#!/usr/bin/env bash -x\necho cow"
 prop_checkShebang2 = verifyNotTree checkShebang "#! /bin/sh  -l "
@@ -428,6 +429,7 @@ prop_checkShebang4 = verifyNotTree checkShebang "#shellcheck shell=sh\nfoo"
 prop_checkShebang5 = verifyTree checkShebang "#!/usr/bin/env ash"
 prop_checkShebang6 = verifyNotTree checkShebang "#!/usr/bin/env ash\n# shellcheck shell=dash\n"
 prop_checkShebang7 = verifyNotTree checkShebang "#!/usr/bin/env ash\n# shellcheck shell=sh\n"
+prop_checkShebang8 = verifyTree checkShebang "#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell\n#!nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils jq\necho cow"
 checkShebang params (T_Annotation _ list t) =
     if any isOverride list then [] else checkShebang params t
   where
diff --git i/src/ShellCheck/Parser.hs w/src/ShellCheck/Parser.hs
index 84b80dc..10ab5d7 100644
--- i/src/ShellCheck/Parser.hs
+++ w/src/ShellCheck/Parser.hs
@@ -2672,6 +2672,8 @@ prop_readShebang4 = isWarning readShebang "! /bin/sh"
 prop_readShebang5 = isWarning readShebang "\n#!/bin/sh"
 prop_readShebang6 = isWarning readShebang " # Copyright \n!#/bin/bash"
 prop_readShebang7 = isNotOk readShebang "# Copyright \nfoo\n#!/bin/bash"
+prop_readShebang8 = isOk readShebang "#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell\n#!nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils\n"
+--prop_readShebang8 = isNotOk readShebang "#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell\n#!nix-shell -i awk -p coreutils\n"
 readShebang = do
     anyShebang <|> try readMissingBang <|> withHeader
     many linewhitespace
@@ -2786,6 +2788,11 @@ readScriptFile = do
         case words sb of
             [] -> ""
             [x] -> basename x
+            (first:second:third:_) ->
+                case basename first of
+                  "env" -> second
+                  "nix-shell" -> third
+                  _ -> basename first
             (first:second:_) ->
                 if basename first == "env"
                     then second
@@ -2795,7 +2802,8 @@ readScriptFile = do
         case isValidShell s of
             Just True -> return ()
             Just False -> parseProblemAt pos ErrorC 1071 "ShellCheck only supports sh/bash/dash/ksh scripts. Sorry!"
-            Nothing -> parseProblemAt pos InfoC 1008 "This shebang was unrecognized. Note that ShellCheck only handles sh/bash/dash/ksh."
+            --Nothing -> parseProblemAt pos InfoC 1008 "This shebang was unrecognized. Note that ShellCheck only handles sh/bash/dash/ksh."
+            Nothing -> parseProblemAt pos InfoC 1008 s
 
     isValidShell s =
         let good = s == "" || any (`isPrefixOf` s) goodShells