diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
index 6357baf29e01..f43c44f5dcab 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ in {
       '';
     };
 
+    package = mkOption {
+      type = types.package;
+      default = pkgs.libvirt;
+      defaultText = "pkgs.libvirt";
+      description = ''
+        libvirt package to use.
+      '';
+    };
+
     qemuPackage = mkOption {
       type = types.package;
       default = pkgs.qemu;
@@ -149,7 +158,7 @@ in {
       # this file is expected in /etc/qemu and not sysconfdir (/var/lib)
       etc."qemu/bridge.conf".text = lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (e:
         "allow ${e}") cfg.allowedBridges;
-      systemPackages = with pkgs; [ libvirt libressl.nc iptables cfg.qemuPackage ];
+      systemPackages = with pkgs; [ libressl.nc iptables cfg.package cfg.qemuPackage ];
       etc.ethertypes.source = "${pkgs.iptables}/etc/ethertypes";
     };
 
@@ -169,26 +178,26 @@ in {
       source = "/run/${dirName}/nix-helpers/qemu-bridge-helper";
     };
 
-    systemd.packages = [ pkgs.libvirt ];
+    systemd.packages = [ cfg.package ];
 
     systemd.services.libvirtd-config = {
       description = "Libvirt Virtual Machine Management Daemon - configuration";
       script = ''
         # Copy default libvirt network config .xml files to /var/lib
         # Files modified by the user will not be overwritten
-        for i in $(cd ${pkgs.libvirt}/var/lib && echo \
+        for i in $(cd ${cfg.package}/var/lib && echo \
             libvirt/qemu/networks/*.xml libvirt/qemu/networks/autostart/*.xml \
             libvirt/nwfilter/*.xml );
         do
             mkdir -p /var/lib/$(dirname $i) -m 755
-            cp -npd ${pkgs.libvirt}/var/lib/$i /var/lib/$i
+            cp -npd ${cfg.package}/var/lib/$i /var/lib/$i
         done
 
         # Copy generated qemu config to libvirt directory
         cp -f ${qemuConfigFile} /var/lib/${dirName}/qemu.conf
 
         # stable (not GC'able as in /nix/store) paths for using in <emulator> section of xml configs
-        for emulator in ${pkgs.libvirt}/libexec/libvirt_lxc ${cfg.qemuPackage}/bin/qemu-kvm ${cfg.qemuPackage}/bin/qemu-system-*; do
+        for emulator in ${cfg.package}/libexec/libvirt_lxc ${cfg.qemuPackage}/bin/qemu-kvm ${cfg.qemuPackage}/bin/qemu-system-*; do
           ln -s --force "$emulator" /run/${dirName}/nix-emulators/
         done
 
@@ -234,7 +243,7 @@ in {
 
     systemd.services.libvirt-guests = {
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      path = with pkgs; [ coreutils libvirt gawk ];
+      path = with pkgs; [ coreutils gawk cfg.package ];
       restartIfChanged = false;
 
       environment.ON_BOOT = "${cfg.onBoot}";
@@ -249,7 +258,7 @@ in {
 
     systemd.services.virtlogd = {
       description = "Virtual machine log manager";
-      serviceConfig.ExecStart = "@${pkgs.libvirt}/sbin/virtlogd virtlogd";
+      serviceConfig.ExecStart = "@${cfg.package}/sbin/virtlogd virtlogd";
       restartIfChanged = false;
     };
 
@@ -261,7 +270,7 @@ in {
 
     systemd.services.virtlockd = {
       description = "Virtual machine lock manager";
-      serviceConfig.ExecStart = "@${pkgs.libvirt}/sbin/virtlockd virtlockd";
+      serviceConfig.ExecStart = "@${cfg.package}/sbin/virtlockd virtlockd";
       restartIfChanged = false;
     };