diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/conmon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/conmon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ef02af106e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/conmon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pkgconfig
+, glib
+, glibc
+, systemd
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  project = "conmon";
+  name = "${project}-${version}";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "containers";
+    repo = project;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "08fgkbv7hq62lcq39za9pm2s2j92ismgrkvfm7acwbvajqh9syjb";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib systemd ] ++
+    stdenv.lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) [ glibc glibc.static ];
+
+  installPhase = "install -Dm755 bin/${project} $out/bin/${project}";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/containers/conmon;
+    description = "An OCI container runtime monitor";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vdemeester saschagrunert ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/cri-o/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/cri-o/default.nix
index 51dd2b1e6df..2e7b476443f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/cri-o/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/cri-o/default.nix
@@ -41,15 +41,10 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   buildPhase = ''
     pushd go/src/${goPackagePath}
 
-    # Build conmon and pause
+    # Build pause
     go build -tags ${makeFlags} -o bin/crio-config -buildmode=pie \
       -ldflags '-s -w ${ldflags}' ${goPackagePath}/cmd/crio-config
 
-    pushd conmon
-    ../bin/crio-config
-    popd
-
-    make -C conmon
     make -C pause
 
     # Build the crio binary
@@ -60,7 +55,6 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     install -Dm755 bin/crio $bin/bin/crio${flavor}
 
     mkdir -p $bin/libexec/crio
-    install -Dm755 bin/conmon $bin/libexec/crio/conmon${flavor}
     install -Dm755 bin/pause $bin/libexec/crio/pause${flavor}
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/conmon.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/conmon.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index dfc3cc35316..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/conmon.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, glib }:
-
-with lib;
-with builtins;
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "conmon";
-  version = "0.2.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "containers";
-    repo   = pname;
-    rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "08fgkbv7hq62lcq39za9pm2s2j92ismgrkvfm7acwbvajqh9syjb";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ glib ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -D -m 555 bin/conmon $out/bin/conmon
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = https://github.com/containers/conmon;
-    description = "An OCI container runtime monitor";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vdemeester ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ee0333c2442..b686b76da65 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5340,7 +5340,6 @@ in
   podiff = callPackage ../tools/text/podiff { };
 
   podman = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/podman { };
-  conmon = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/podman/conmon.nix { };
 
   pod2mdoc = callPackage ../tools/misc/pod2mdoc { };
 
@@ -21358,6 +21357,8 @@ in
 
   confd = callPackage ../tools/system/confd { };
 
+  conmon = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/conmon { };
+
   construoBase = lowPrio (callPackage ../games/construo {
     libGL = null;
     freeglut = null;