diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/colima/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/colima/package.nix
index 5ab0b0f2fee5..4472f497c25d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/colima/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/colima/package.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   installShellFiles,
   lima,
   makeWrapper,
+  procps,
   qemu,
   testers,
   colima,
@@ -43,6 +44,14 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   env.CGO_ENABLED = 1;
 
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) ''
+    substituteInPlace cmd/daemon/daemon.go \
+      --replace-fail '/usr/bin/pkill' '${lib.getExe' procps "pkill"}'
+
+    substituteInPlace daemon/process/vmnet/vmnet.go \
+      --replace-fail '/usr/bin/pkill' '${lib.getExe' procps "pkill"}'
+  '';
+
   preConfigure = ''
     ldflags="-s -w -X github.com/abiosoft/colima/config.appVersion=${version} \
     -X github.com/abiosoft/colima/config.revision=$(cat .git-revision)"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/lima/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/lima/package.nix
index 377a20665201..f4231043c34f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/lima/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lima/package.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   buildGoModule,
   callPackage,
   installShellFiles,
+  procps,
   qemu,
   darwin,
   makeWrapper,
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
     substituteInPlace Makefile \
       --replace-fail 'codesign -f -v --entitlements vz.entitlements -s -' 'codesign -f --entitlements vz.entitlements -s -' \
       --replace-fail 'rm -rf _output vendor' 'rm -rf _output'
+  ''
+  # fixed upstream, remove when version >=2.0.0
+  + lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) ''
+    substituteInPlace pkg/networks/usernet/recoincile.go \
+      --replace-fail '/usr/bin/pkill' '${lib.getExe' procps "pkill"}'
   '';
 
   # It attaches entitlements with codesign and strip removes those,