diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/open-iscsi/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/open-iscsi/default.nix
index 6d1b11fe888..96ff1e52cdd 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/open-iscsi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/open-iscsi/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, nukeReferences, automake, autoconf, libtool, gettext, utillinux, openisns, openssl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, nukeReferences, automake, autoconf, libtool, gettext, utillinux, openisns, openssl, kmod }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "open-iscsi-${version}";
   version = "2.0-873-${stdenv.lib.substring 0 7 src.rev}";
   outputs = [ "out" "iscsistart" ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ nukeReferences automake autoconf libtool gettext utillinux openisns.lib openssl ];
+  buildInputs = [ nukeReferences automake autoconf libtool gettext utillinux openisns.lib openssl kmod ];
   
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "open-iscsi";
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   
   DESTDIR = "$(out)";
   
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lkmod";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DUSE_KMOD";
+
   preConfigure = ''
     sed -i 's|/usr/|/|' Makefile
   '';