diff --git a/pkgs/servers/misc/virtiofsd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/misc/virtiofsd/default.nix
index 2af8752a8fb..0c60281b0d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/misc/virtiofsd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/misc/virtiofsd/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitLab, libcap_ng, libseccomp }:
+{ lib, stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitLab, libcap_ng, libseccomp }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "virtiofsd";
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoSha256 = "0ma3kaaa4bl11015gxijwzyxhixz947k8byaypmmw0dj9m1vhv77";
 
+  LIBCAPNG_LIB_PATH = "${lib.getLib libcap_ng}/lib";
+  LIBCAPNG_LINK_TYPE =
+    if stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic then "static" else "dylib";
+
   buildInputs = [ libcap_ng libseccomp ];
 
   meta = with lib; {