diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/virt-manager/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/virt-manager/package.nix
index 293e66c7ce0c..558ee52eba3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/virt-manager/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/virt-manager/package.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   libosinfo,
   adwaita-icon-theme,
   gtksourceview4,
+  libayatana-appindicator,
   xorriso,
   spiceSupport ? true,
   spice-gtk ? null,
@@ -70,6 +71,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libosinfo
     gtksourceview4
   ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+    libayatana-appindicator
+  ]
   ++ lib.optionals spiceSupport [
     gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
     gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good