diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
index ca0520f32a8f2fb..d09a30f98a74a27 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
@@ -94,9 +94,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   patches =
      optional enableHardening ./hardened.patch
-  ++ [ ./qtx11extras.patch ];
-
-
+  ++ [ ./qtx11extras.patch ./kernpcidev.patch ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i -e 's|/sbin/ifconfig|${nettools}/bin/ifconfig|' \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/kernpcidev.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/kernpcidev.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..5192227d7d012ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/kernpcidev.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxPci/linux/VBoxPci-linux.c b/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxPci/linux/VBoxPci-linux.c
+index b8019f7..b7d2e39 100644
+--- a/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxPci/linux/VBoxPci-linux.c
++++ b/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxPci/linux/VBoxPci-linux.c
+@@ -73,8 +73,11 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+ MODULE_VERSION(VBOX_VERSION_STRING);
+ #endif
+ 
+-
+-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 20)
++#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 17, 0)
++# define PCI_DEV_GET(v,d,p)            pci_get_device(v,d,p)
++# define PCI_DEV_PUT(x)                pci_dev_put(x)
++# define PCI_DEV_GET_SLOT(bus, devfn)  pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot(0, bus, devfn)
++#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 20)
+ # define PCI_DEV_GET(v,d,p)            pci_get_device(v,d,p)
+ # define PCI_DEV_PUT(x)                pci_dev_put(x)
+ # define PCI_DEV_GET_SLOT(bus, devfn)  pci_get_bus_and_slot(bus, devfn)