diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mullvad/mullvad.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mullvad/mullvad.nix
index e65de1334df2..0d62c3c7ce96 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mullvad/mullvad.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mullvad/mullvad.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 , libnftnl
 , libmnl
 , libwg
+, enableOpenvpn ? true
 , openvpn-mullvad
 , shadowsocks-rust
 }:
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
       done
     '' +
     # Files necessary for OpenVPN tunnels to work.
-    ''
+    lib.optionalString enableOpenvpn ''
       mkdir -p $out/share/mullvad
       cp dist-assets/ca.crt $out/share/mullvad
       ln -s ${openvpn-mullvad}/bin/openvpn $out/share/mullvad