diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/lxc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lxc/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/tools/system/lxc/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/virtualization/lxc/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/lxc/dont-run-ldconfig.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lxc/dont-run-ldconfig.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/tools/system/lxc/dont-run-ldconfig.patch
rename to pkgs/applications/virtualization/lxc/dont-run-ldconfig.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/lxc/fix-documentation-build.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lxc/fix-documentation-build.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/tools/system/lxc/fix-documentation-build.patch
rename to pkgs/applications/virtualization/lxc/fix-documentation-build.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/lxc/fix-sgml-documentation.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lxc/fix-sgml-documentation.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/tools/system/lxc/fix-sgml-documentation.patch
rename to pkgs/applications/virtualization/lxc/fix-sgml-documentation.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 01637aac38d..85ec80c9c65 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ let
 
   lshw = callPackage ../tools/system/lshw { };
 
-  lxc = callPackage ../tools/system/lxc { };
+  lxc = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/lxc { };
 
   lzma = xz;