diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mi/minikube/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mi/minikube/package.nix
index 09713f7847c0..46258e41acb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mi/minikube/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mi/minikube/package.nix
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
           lib.optionals withQemu [ qemu ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ libvirt ]
         )
       } \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${
-        lib.makeLibraryPath (lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ libvirt ])
-      }
+      ${lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux "--prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${
+        lib.makeLibraryPath [ libvirt ]
+      }"}
     ln -sv $out/bin/minikube $out/bin/kubectl
 
     installShellCompletion --cmd minikube \