diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
index b81438606722..b425ccedb28f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , qttools, qtsvg, qtwayland, pkg-config, which, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_43
 , alsa-lib, curl, libvpx, nettools, dbus, substituteAll, gsoap, zlib
 , yasm, glslang
+, linuxPackages
 # If open-watcom-bin is not passed, VirtualBox will fall back to use
 # the shipped alternative sources (assembly).
 , open-watcom-bin
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     mkdir -p "$out/share/virtualbox"
     cp -rv src/VBox/Main/UnattendedTemplates "$out/share/virtualbox"
+    ln -s "${linuxPackages.virtualboxGuestAdditions.src}" "$out/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso"
   '';
 
   preFixup = optionalString (!headless) ''