diff --git a/bin/nix-build-and-cache b/bin/nix-build-and-cache
index 7d21428f..b206da66 100755
--- a/bin/nix-build-and-cache
+++ b/bin/nix-build-and-cache
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # The first argument must be the desired installable
 INSTALLABLE="$1"
 
-# Build the installable and forward any other arguments too
-nix build "$@"
+# Build the installable and forward any other arguments too. Also, use
+# nix-output-monitor instead if it's available.
+if command -v nom &> /dev/null; then
+    nom build "$@"
+else
+    nix build "$@"
+fi
 
 if [ ! -z ${ATTIC_TOKEN+x} ]; then
     nix run --inputs-from . attic -- \