diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mi/minikube/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mi/minikube/package.nix
index 4a96b87c1aeb..09713f7847c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mi/minikube/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mi/minikube/package.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
     installBin out/minikube
 
     wrapProgram $out/bin/minikube --set MINIKUBE_WANTUPDATENOTIFICATION false \
-      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath (lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ libvirt ])} \
+      --prefix PATH : ${
+        lib.makeBinPath (
+          lib.optionals withQemu [ qemu ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ libvirt ]
+        )
+      } \
       --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${
         lib.makeLibraryPath (lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ libvirt ])
       }