diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/default.nix
index f769ccd08f54..a3b30a5ef405 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ in buildGoPackage rec {
     sha256 = "1f7kjn26y7knmab5avj8spb40ny1y0jix5j5p0dqfjvg9climl0h";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./localkube.patch
+  ];
+
   # kubernetes is here only to shut up a loud warning when generating the completions below. minikube checks very eagerly
   # that kubectl is on the $PATH, even if it doesn't use it at all to generate the completions
   buildInputs = [ go-bindata makeWrapper kubernetes gpgme ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional hostPlatform.isDarwin vmnet;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/localkube.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/localkube.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08ec85813a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/localkube.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/localkube/localkube.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/localkube/localkube.go
+index 1c4b5000..c9f120d4 100644
+--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/localkube/localkube.go
++++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/localkube/localkube.go
+@@ -113,14 +113,9 @@ func (lk *LocalkubeBootstrapper) UpdateCluster(config bootstrapper.KubernetesCon
+
+ 	copyableFiles := []assets.CopyableFile{}
+ 	var localkubeFile assets.CopyableFile
+-	var err error
+
+ 	//add url/file/bundled localkube to file list
+-	lCacher := localkubeCacher{config}
+-	localkubeFile, err = lCacher.fetchLocalkubeFromURI()
+-	if err != nil {
+-		return errors.Wrap(err, "Error updating localkube from uri")
+-	}
++	localkubeFile = assets.NewBinDataAsset("out/localkube", "/", "localkube", "0777")
+ 	copyableFiles = append(copyableFiles, localkubeFile)
+
+ 	// user added files