diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
index 2736c603a48d..ce81ff3bf9fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
@@ -8,13 +8,27 @@
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
-let version = "4.1.18"; in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+let
+  version = "4.1.18";
+  forEachModule = action: ''
+    for mod in \
+      $sourcedir/out/linux.*/release/bin/src/vboxdrv \
+      $sourcedir/out/linux.*/release/bin/src/vboxpci \
+      $sourcedir/out/linux.*/release/bin/src/vboxnetadp \
+      $sourcedir/out/linux.*/release/bin/src/vboxnetflt
+    do
+      if [ "x$(basename "$mod")" != xvboxdrv -a ! -e "$mod/Module.symvers" ]
+      then
+        cp -v $sourcedir/out/linux.*/release/bin/src/vboxdrv/Module.symvers \
+              "$mod/Module.symvers"
+      fi
+      INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$out" INSTALL_MOD_DIR=misc \
+      make -C "$MODULES_BUILD_DIR" "M=$mod" DEPMOD=/do_not_use_depmod ${action}
+    done
+  '';
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "virtualbox-${version}-${kernel.version}";
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${kernel}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build/include/generated";
-
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${version}/VirtualBox-${version}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "e650e4fdc23581b9edc0e5d5705cc596c76796851ebf65ccda0edb8e413fa3b7";
@@ -42,10 +56,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   configurePhase = ''
+    sourcedir="$(pwd)"
     ./configure --with-qt4-dir=${qt4} \
       ${optionalString (!javaBindings) "--disable-java"} \
       ${optionalString (!pythonBindings) "--disable-python"} \
-      --disable-pulse --disable-hardening \
+      --disable-pulse --disable-hardening --disable-kmods \
       --with-mkisofs=${xorriso}/bin/xorrisofs
     sed -e 's@PKG_CONFIG_PATH=.*@PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${libIDL}/lib/pkgconfig:${glib}/lib/pkgconfig ${libIDL}/bin/libIDL-config-2@' \
         -i AutoConfig.kmk
@@ -63,51 +78,35 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  preBuild = ''
+  buildPhase = ''
     source env.sh
     kmk
-    cd out/linux.*/release/bin/src
-    export KERN_DIR=${kernel}/lib/modules/*/build
+    ${forEachModule "modules"}
   '';
 
-  postBuild = ''
-    cd ../../../../..
-  '';
-    
   installPhase = ''
     libexec=$out/libexec/virtualbox
-  
+
     # Install VirtualBox files
     cd out/linux.*/release/bin
     mkdir -p $libexec
     cp -av * $libexec
-    
-    # Install kernel module
-    cd src
-    kernelVersion=$(cd ${kernel}/lib/modules; ls)
-    export MODULE_DIR=$out/lib/modules/$kernelVersion/misc
-    
-    # Remove root ownership stuff, since this does not work in a chroot environment
-    for i in `find . -name Makefile`; do
-	sed -i -e "s|-o root||g" \
-               -e "s|-g root||g" $i
-    done
-    
+
     # Install kernel modules
-    make install
-    
+    ${forEachModule "modules_install"}
+
     # Create wrapper script
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     for file in VirtualBox VBoxManage VBoxSDL VBoxBalloonCtrl VBoxBFE VBoxHeadless; do
         ln -s "$libexec/$file" $out/bin/$file
     done
-    
+
     # Create and fix desktop item
     mkdir -p $out/share/applications
     sed -i -e "s|Icon=VBox|Icon=$libexec/VBox.png|" $libexec/virtualbox.desktop
     ln -sfv $libexec/virtualbox.desktop $out/share/applications
   '';
-  
+
   meta = {
     description = "PC emulator";
     homepage = http://www.virtualbox.org/;