diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/parallels-guest.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/parallels-guest.nix
index fc0409e9ec77..36ca7f356d44 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/parallels-guest.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/parallels-guest.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 with lib;
 
 let
-
-  prl-tools = config.boot.kernelPackages.prl-tools;
-
+  prl-tools = config.hardware.parallels.package;
 in
 
 {
@@ -22,6 +20,26 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
+      autoMountShares = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = ''
+          Control prlfsmountd service. When this service is running, shares can not be manually
+          mounted through `mount -t prl_fs ...` as this service will remount and trample any set options.
+          Recommended to enable for simple file sharing, but extended share use such as for code should
+          disable this to manually mount shares.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = types.package;
+        default = config.boot.kernelPackages.prl-tools;
+        defaultText = "config.boot.kernelPackages.prl-tools";
+        example = literalExample "config.boot.kernelPackages.prl-tools";
+        description = ''
+          Defines which package to use for prl-tools. Override to change the version.
+        '';
+      };
     };
 
   };
@@ -67,7 +85,7 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    systemd.services.prlfsmountd = {
+    systemd.services.prlfsmountd = mkIf config.hardware.parallels.autoMountShares {
       description = "Parallels Shared Folders Daemon";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       serviceConfig = rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/prl-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/prl-tools/default.nix
index b120062295ad..000d11af87d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/prl-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/prl-tools/default.nix
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 , gawk, utillinux, xorg, glib, dbus-glib, zlib
 , kernel ? null, libsOnly ? false
 , undmg, fetchurl
+, libelf
 }:
 
 assert (!libsOnly) -> kernel != null;
+# Disable for kernels 4.15 and above due to compatibility issues
+assert kernel != null -> stdenv.lib.versionOlder kernel.version "4.15";
 
 let xorgFullVer = (builtins.parseDrvName xorg.xorgserver.name).version;
     xorgVer = lib.concatStringsSep "." (lib.take 2 (lib.splitString "." xorgFullVer));
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   hardeningDisable = [ "pic" "format" ];
 
   # also maybe python2 to generate xorg.conf
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ p7zip undmg ] ++ lib.optionals (!libsOnly) [ makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ p7zip undmg ] ++ lib.optionals (!libsOnly) [ makeWrapper ] ++ kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
 
   inherit libsOnly;