diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/build-on-bsd.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/build-on-bsd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..830f0f30ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/build-on-bsd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+diff -Naur libvirt-1.3.0.orig/src/admin/admin_protocol.c libvirt-1.3.0/src/admin/admin_protocol.c
+--- libvirt-1.3.0.orig/src/admin/admin_protocol.c	2015-12-02 16:17:07.000000000 +0100
++++ libvirt-1.3.0/src/admin/admin_protocol.c	2016-01-04 17:57:10.043412857 +0100
+@@ -6,6 +6,25 @@
+ 
+ #include "admin_protocol.h"
+ 
++/* cygwin's xdr implementation defines xdr_u_int64_t instead of xdr_uint64_t
++ * and lacks IXDR_PUT_INT32 and IXDR_GET_INT32
++ */
++#ifdef HAVE_XDR_U_INT64_T
++# define xdr_uint64_t xdr_u_int64_t
++#endif
++#ifndef IXDR_PUT_INT32
++# define IXDR_PUT_INT32 IXDR_PUT_LONG
++#endif
++#ifndef IXDR_GET_INT32
++# define IXDR_GET_INT32 IXDR_GET_LONG
++#endif
++#ifndef IXDR_PUT_U_INT32
++# define IXDR_PUT_U_INT32 IXDR_PUT_U_LONG
++#endif
++#ifndef IXDR_GET_U_INT32
++# define IXDR_GET_U_INT32 IXDR_GET_U_LONG
++#endif
++
+ bool_t
+ xdr_admin_nonnull_string (XDR *xdrs, admin_nonnull_string *objp)
+ {
+diff -Naur libvirt-1.3.0.orig/src/logging/log_protocol.c libvirt-1.3.0/src/logging/log_protocol.c
+--- libvirt-1.3.0.orig/src/logging/log_protocol.c	2015-12-08 13:07:35.000000000 +0100
++++ libvirt-1.3.0/src/logging/log_protocol.c	2016-01-04 17:56:50.673463563 +0100
+@@ -7,6 +7,25 @@
+ #include "log_protocol.h"
+ #include "internal.h"
+ 
++/* cygwin's xdr implementation defines xdr_u_int64_t instead of xdr_uint64_t
++ * and lacks IXDR_PUT_INT32 and IXDR_GET_INT32
++ */
++#ifdef HAVE_XDR_U_INT64_T
++# define xdr_uint64_t xdr_u_int64_t
++#endif
++#ifndef IXDR_PUT_INT32
++# define IXDR_PUT_INT32 IXDR_PUT_LONG
++#endif
++#ifndef IXDR_GET_INT32
++# define IXDR_GET_INT32 IXDR_GET_LONG
++#endif
++#ifndef IXDR_PUT_U_INT32
++# define IXDR_PUT_U_INT32 IXDR_PUT_U_LONG
++#endif
++#ifndef IXDR_GET_U_INT32
++# define IXDR_GET_U_INT32 IXDR_GET_U_LONG
++#endif
++
+ bool_t
+ xdr_virLogManagerProtocolUUID (XDR *xdrs, virLogManagerProtocolUUID objp)
+ {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
index 54addb397b7..980bccd39fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, gnutls, devicemapper, perl, python
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch
+, pkgconfig, makeWrapper
+, libxml2, gnutls, devicemapper, perl, python
 , iproute, iptables, readline, lvm2, utillinux, udev, libpciaccess, gettext
-, libtasn1, ebtables, libgcrypt, yajl, makeWrapper, pmutils, libcap_ng
+, libtasn1, ebtables, libgcrypt, yajl, pmutils, libcap_ng
 , dnsmasq, libnl, libpcap, libxslt, xhtml1, numad, numactl, perlPackages
 , curl, libiconv, gmp, xen
 }:
@@ -14,9 +16,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "ebcf5645fa565e3fe2fe94a86e841db9b768cf0e0a7e6cf395c6327f9a23bd64";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./build-on-bsd.patch ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig libxml2 gnutls perl python readline
-    gettext libtasn1 libgcrypt yajl makeWrapper
+    libxml2 gnutls perl python readline
+    gettext libtasn1 libgcrypt yajl
     libxslt xhtml1 perlPackages.XMLXPath curl libpcap
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
     libpciaccess devicemapper lvm2 utillinux udev libcap_ng