diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/linuxkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/linuxkit/default.nix
index 94ae7f527125..bf02a6ad5569 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/linuxkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/linuxkit/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, stdenv, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, git, Virtualization, testers, linuxkit }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname   = "linuxkit";
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "linuxkit";
   version = "1.0.0";
 
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "linuxkit";
     repo = "linuxkit";
@@ -13,15 +11,30 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-y/jsMr7HmrHjVMn4fyQ3MPHION8hQO2G4udX1AMx8bk=";
   };
 
-  subPackages = [ "src/cmd/linuxkit" ];
+  vendorSha256 = null;
 
-  ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" "-X ${goPackagePath}/src/cmd/linuxkit/version.GitCommit=${src.rev}" "-X ${goPackagePath}/src/cmd/linuxkit/version.Version=${version}" ];
+  modRoot = "./src/cmd/linuxkit";
+
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Virtualization ];
+
+  ldflags = [
+    "-s"
+    "-w"
+    "-X github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit/src/cmd/linuxkit/version.Version=${version}"
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ git ];
+
+  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+    package = linuxkit;
+    command = "linuxkit version";
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A toolkit for building secure, portable and lean operating systems for containers";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     homepage = "https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit";
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.nicknovitski ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nicknovitski ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8bf589bfa543..c94fbe001f20 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17029,7 +17029,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libwhich = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/libwhich { };
 
-  linuxkit = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/linuxkit { };
+  linuxkit = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/linuxkit {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks) Virtualization;
+  };
 
   lit = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/lit { };