diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
index 24cd144288f5..94cbc1aa4e34 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
   open-watcom-bin,
   makeself,
   perl,
-  vulkan-loader,
   javaBindings ? true,
   jdk, # Almost doesn't affect closure size
   pythonBindings ? false,
@@ -163,11 +162,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libtpms
     python3
     xz
+    libGL
   ]
   ++ optional javaBindings jdk
   ++ optional pythonBindings python3 # Python is needed even when not building bindings
   ++ optional pulseSupport libpulseaudio
-  ++ optionals headless [ libGL ]
   ++ optionals (!headless) [
     qtbase
     qttools
@@ -213,6 +212,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     grep 'libasound\.so\.2'     src include -rI --files-with-match | xargs sed -i -e '
       s@"libasound\.so\.2"@"${alsa-lib.out}/lib/libasound.so.2"@g'
 
+    substituteInPlace src/VBox/Devices/Graphics/DevVGA-SVGA3d-glLdr.cpp \
+      --replace-fail \"libGL.so.1\" \"${libGL.out}/lib/libGL.so.1\"
+
+    # this works in conjunction with fix-graphics-driver-loading.patch
+    substituteInPlace src/VBox/Devices/Graphics/DevVGA-SVGA3d-dx-dx11.cpp \
+      --replace-fail \"VBoxDxVk\" \"$out/libexec/virtualbox/VBoxDxVk.so\"
+
     export USER=nix
     set +x
   '';
@@ -260,6 +266,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       ./qt-dependency-paths.patch
       # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/123851
       ./fix-audio-driver-loading.patch
+      ./fix-graphics-driver-loading.patch
     ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -394,8 +401,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # If hardening is disabled, wrap the VirtualBoxVM binary instead of patching
     # the source code (see postPatch).
     + optionalString (!headless && !enableHardening) ''
-      wrapQtApp $out/libexec/virtualbox/VirtualBoxVM \
-         --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ vulkan-loader ]}"
+      wrapQtApp $out/libexec/virtualbox/VirtualBoxVM
     '';
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/fix-graphics-driver-loading.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/fix-graphics-driver-loading.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c11dfbf293cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/fix-graphics-driver-loading.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/VBox/Devices/Graphics/DevVGA-SVGA3d-dx-dx11.cpp b/src/VBox/Devices/Graphics/DevVGA-SVGA3d-dx-dx11.cpp
+index 1a43382..c376d6e 100644
+--- a/src/VBox/Devices/Graphics/DevVGA-SVGA3d-dx-dx11.cpp
++++ b/src/VBox/Devices/Graphics/DevVGA-SVGA3d-dx-dx11.cpp
+@@ -3376,7 +3376,7 @@ static DECLCALLBACK(int) vmsvga3dBackInit(PPDMDEVINS pDevIns, PVGASTATE pThis, P
+     AssertReturn(pBackend, VERR_NO_MEMORY);
+     pThisCC->svga.p3dState->pBackend = pBackend;
+ 
+-    rc = RTLdrLoadSystem(VBOX_D3D11_LIBRARY_NAME, /* fNoUnload = */ true, &pBackend->hD3D11);
++    rc = RTLdrLoad(VBOX_D3D11_LIBRARY_NAME, &pBackend->hD3D11);
+     AssertRC(rc);
+     if (RT_SUCCESS(rc))
+     {