diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix
index 1c6847cce822..c7170d5b4648 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, perl, docbook2x
-, docbook_xml_dtd_45, systemd, wrapPython
-, libapparmor ? null, gnutls ? null, libseccomp ? null, cgmanager ? null
-, libnih ? null, dbus ? null, libcap ? null, python3 ? null
+, docbook_xml_dtd_45, python3Packages
+
+# Optional Dependencies
+, libapparmor ? null, gnutls ? null, libselinux ? null, libseccomp ? null
+, cgmanager ? null, libnih ? null, dbus ? null, libcap ? null, systemd ? null
 }:
 
 let
@@ -18,10 +20,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "149nq630h9bg87hb3cn086ci0cz29l7fp3i6qf1mqxv7hnildm8p";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook pkgconfig perl docbook2x python3Packages.wrapPython
+  ];
   buildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook pkgconfig perl docbook2x systemd
-    libapparmor gnutls libseccomp cgmanager libnih dbus libcap python3
-    wrapPython
+    libapparmor gnutls libselinux libseccomp cgmanager libnih dbus libcap
+    python3Packages.python systemd
   ];
 
   patches = [ ./support-db2x.patch ];
@@ -31,17 +35,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = [
     "--localstatedir=/var"
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
-    "--with-rootfs-path=/var/lib/lxc/rootfs"
+    "--enable-doc"
+    "--disable-api-docs"
   ] ++ optional (libapparmor != null) "--enable-apparmor"
-    ++ optional (gnutls != null) "--enable-gnutls"
+    ++ optional (libselinux != null) "--enable-selinux"
     ++ optional (libseccomp != null) "--enable-seccomp"
-    ++ optional (enableCgmanager) "--enable-cgmanager"
     ++ optional (libcap != null) "--enable-capabilities"
     ++ [
-    "--enable-doc"
-    "--enable-tests"
+    "--disable-examples"
+    "--enable-python"
+    "--disable-lua"
+    "--enable-bash"
+    (if doCheck then "--enable-tests" else "--disable-tests")
+    "--with-rootfs-path=/var/lib/lxc/rootfs"
   ];
 
+  doCheck = false;
+
   installFlags = [
     "localstatedir=\${TMPDIR}"
     "sysconfdir=\${out}/etc"
@@ -50,7 +60,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "LXCPATH=\${TMPDIR}/var/lib/lxc"
   ];
 
-  postInstall = "wrapPythonPrograms";
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://lxc.sourceforge.net";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index acecdb561298..149c77a0bf26 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2140,9 +2140,7 @@ let
 
   lshw = callPackage ../tools/system/lshw { };
 
-  lxc = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/lxc {
-    wrapPython = python3Packages.wrapPython;
-  };
+  lxc = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/lxc { };
 
   lzip = callPackage ../tools/compression/lzip { };