diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/docker-machine/xhyve.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/docker-machine/xhyve.nix
index 8c3534006bf7..86a7d87a0e13 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/docker-machine/xhyve.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/docker-machine/xhyve.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     export CGO_CFLAGS=-I$(pwd)/go/src/${goPackagePath}/vendor/github.com/jceel/lib9p
     export CGO_LDFLAGS=$(pwd)/go/src/${goPackagePath}/vendor/build/lib9p/lib9p.a
   '';
-  buildFlags = "--tags lib9p";
+  tags = [ "lib9p" ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     rev    = "v${version}";